linux-kernel - Re: [patch 5/6] ps3: BD/DVD/CD-ROM Storage Driver

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Message-ID: <20070716143852.GW5195@kernel.dk>
Date:	Mon, 16 Jul 2007 16:38:52 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...elEye.com>
Cc:	Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@...ycom.com>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, linux-scsi@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Alessandro Rubini <rubini@...ion.unipv.it>,
	Linux/PPC Development <linuxppc-dev@...abs.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 5/6] ps3: BD/DVD/CD-ROM Storage Driver

On Mon, Jul 16 2007, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-07-16 at 14:16 +0200, Jens Axboe wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 16 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > On Fri, 13 Jul 2007, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > > > Ah, that explains it. flush_dcache_page() is used in some drivers.
> > > > I'll update my patches. Thanks for the comments!
> > > 
> > > Does this look OK?
> > >   - Replaced KM_USER0 by KM_IRQ0 (all routines are either called from an
> > >     interrupt handler, from .request_fn (ps3disk), or from .queuecommand
> > >     (ps3rom))
> > 
> > That looks good.
> > 
> > >   - Add a call to flush_kernel_dcache_page() in routines that write to buffers
> > 
> > Hmm, I would have thought a flush_dcache_page() would be more
> > appropriate, the backing could be page cache pages.
> 
> No ... that was the point of flush_kernel_dcache_page().  The page in
> question is page cache backed and contains user mappings.  However, the
> block layer has already done a flush_dcache_page() in get_user_pages()
> and the user shouldn't be touching memory under I/O (unless they want
> self induced aliasing problems) so we're free to assume all the user
> cachelines are purged, hence all we have to do is flush the kernel alias
> to bring the page up to date and make the users see it correctly.

Oh indeed, I missed the flush_dcache_page() in get_user_pages().

-- 
Jens Axboe

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