Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Masami Hiramatsu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Indeed.
>> By the way, flush_cache_page() is defined as a do-while(0) on x86.
>> Would it better to define fix_riprel() as a do-while(0) on x86-32?
>> I think this obviously indicates that function has no effect.
>
> NOPs should always be an inline. flush_cache_page()'s macro use is
> historic - feel free to send cleanup patches against cacheflush.h.
OK, in that case, harvey's patch is good to me.
> or even better, since most architectures dont need explicit
> cache-flushes, provide an asm-generic/cache_flush-nop.h file that is
> #include-ed by asm-x86/cacheflush.h. (and by other architectures)
>
> Ingo
Thanks,
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Software Solutions Division
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