linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 15/33] aio: use flush_dcache

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Message-ID: <20130409210756.GK15749@google.com>
Date:	Tue, 9 Apr 2013 14:07:56 -0700
From:	Kent Overstreet <koverstreet@...gle.com>
To:	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-aio@...ck.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Zach Brown <zab@...hat.com>, Felipe Balbi <balbi@...com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
	Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@...e.com>,
	Joel Becker <jlbec@...lplan.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
	Asai Thambi S P <asamymuthupa@...ron.com>,
	Selvan Mani <smani@...ron.com>,
	Sam Bradshaw <sbradshaw@...ron.com>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 15/33] aio: use flush_dcache_page()

On Mon, Apr 01, 2013 at 10:12:29PM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote:
> The commit description needs to explain why flush_dcache_page() is
> needed now, but wasn't needed before.

It wasn't causing problems before because it's not needed on x86, but it
is needed on other architectures. Added that to the commit description.
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