linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 6/9] uprobes: flush cache after xol write

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Date:	Tue, 16 Oct 2012 22:29:12 +0200
From:	Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>
To:	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Srikar Dronamraju <srikar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/9] uprobes: flush cache after xol write

2012/10/15 Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>:
> On 10/14, Rabin Vincent wrote:
>> Flush the cache so that the instructions written to the XOL area are
>> visible.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@....in>
>> ---
>>  kernel/events/uprobes.c |    1 +
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
>> index ca000a9..8c52f93 100644
>> --- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
>> +++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
>> @@ -1246,6 +1246,7 @@ static unsigned long xol_get_insn_slot(struct uprobe *uprobe, unsigned long slot
>>       offset = current->utask->xol_vaddr & ~PAGE_MASK;
>>       vaddr = kmap_atomic(area->page);
>>       arch_uprobe_xol_copy(&uprobe->arch, vaddr + offset);
>> +     flush_dcache_page(area->page);
>>       kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
>
> I agree... but why under kmap_atomic?

No real reason; I'll move it to after the unmap.
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