linux-kernel - [PATCH 01/10] vmalloc: call flush_cache_vunmap() from unmap_kernel

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Date:	Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:04:27 +0900
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	rusty@...tcorp.com.au, tglx@...utronix.de, x86@...nel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hpa@...or.com, jeremy@...p.org,
	cpw@....com, mingo@...e.hu
Cc:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 01/10] vmalloc: call flush_cache_vunmap() from unmap_kernel_range()

Impact: proper vcache flush on unmap_kernel_range()

flush_cache_vunmap() should be called before pages are unmapped.  Add
a call to it in unmap_kernel_range().

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
---
 mm/vmalloc.c |    2 ++
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c
index 75f49d3..c37924a 100644
--- a/mm/vmalloc.c
+++ b/mm/vmalloc.c
@@ -1012,6 +1012,8 @@ void __init vmalloc_init(void)
 void unmap_kernel_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
 {
 	unsigned long end = addr + size;
+
+	flush_cache_vunmap(addr, end);
 	vunmap_page_range(addr, end);
 	flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, end);
 }
-- 
1.6.0.2

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