> --- linux-2.6.24-rc4.orig/include/asm-x86/io_64.h 2007-12-11 14:24:56.000000000 -0800
> +++ linux-2.6.24-rc4/include/asm-x86/io_64.h 2007-12-11 15:49:52.000000000 -0800
> @@ -142,7 +142,8 @@
> * it's useful if some control registers are in such an area and write combining
> * or read caching is not desirable:
> */
> -extern void __iomem * ioremap_nocache (unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
> +extern void __iomem * ioremap_nocache(unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
> +extern void __iomem * ioremap_wc(unsigned long offset, unsigned long size);
I think ioremap_wc() needs to be available on all archs for this to be
really useful to drivers. It can be a fallback to ioremap_nocache()
everywhere except 64-bit x86, but it's not nice for every driver that
wants to use this to need an "#ifdef X86" or whatever.
Also I didn't see anything like pgprot_wc() in the patchset (although
I just skimmed quickly for now). The use case I actually have would
be in a a driver's .mmap method, where I want to map device registers
into userspace with write-combining turned on:
vma->vm_page_prot = pgprot_wc(vma->vm_page_prot);
io_remap_pfn_range(vma, vma->vm_start, pfn, PAGE_SIZE, vma->vm_page_prot);
where the pfn points into a PCI BAR (which will only be mapped once,
so no issues with conflicting PATs or anything like that).
- R.
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