linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] aio: fix D-cache aliasing issues

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Date:	Sat, 16 Nov 2013 15:09:59 -0500
From:	Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@...ck.org>
To:	Simon Baatz <gmbnomis@...il.com>
Cc:	James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@...senPartnership.com>,
	Helge Deller <deller@....de>, linux-aio@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-parisc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] aio: fix D-cache aliasing issues

On Sat, Nov 16, 2013 at 09:07:18PM +0100, Simon Baatz wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 15, 2013 at 02:42:05PM -0800, James Bottomley wrote:
> > On Fri, 2013-11-15 at 23:05 +0100, Helge Deller wrote:
> > > When a user page mapping is released via kunmap*() functions, the D-cache needs
> > > to be flushed via flush_dcache_page() to avoid D-cache aliasing issues.
> > > 
> > > This patch fixes aio on the parisc platform (and probably others).
> > 
> > This should be flush_kernel_dcache_page().  flush_dcache_page() is for
> > full coherency but for unmap, we know the page was coherent going in and
> > may have been modified by the kernel, so only the kernel view needs to
> > be sync'd.  Technically, by the kernel API, the flush should be done
> > *before* unmapping.  This would have mattered on parisc until we did
> > flush via tmpalias which means we no-longer care if the mapping for the
> > flush exists or not because we always recreate it via the tmpalias
> > pages.
> 
> On ARM, flush_kernel_dcache_page() actually assumes that the page is
> mapped.  It avoids double flushing of highmem pages by not flushing
> in those cases where kunmap_atomic() already takes care of flushing.

Helge -- are you going to resubmit a version of this patch that makes the 
recommended change?

		-ben

> 
> 
> - Simon

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