linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH resend 5/9] MIPS: sync after cacheflush

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Date:	Tue, 19 Oct 2010 22:30:52 +0900
From:	Shinya Kuribayashi <skuribay@...ox.com>
To:	Kevin Cernekee <cernekee@...il.com>
CC:	Shinya Kuribayashi <shinya.kuribayashi.px@...esas.com>,
	Ralf Baechle <ralf@...ux-mips.org>, linux-mips@...ux-mips.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH resend 5/9] MIPS: sync after cacheflush

On 10/19/10 9:51 AM, Kevin Cernekee wrote:
> Correct.  This particular system makes no guarantees that data flushed
> out through CACHE operations will not overtake subsequent uncached
> stores.

Thanks for the clarification, understood.  So we only need to take care
of the order of out-bound data write transactions at the processor end,
and preceding uncached load is not required here.   Sorry for the noise.

   Shinya
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