linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 31/31] module: move the set_fs hack for flush_icache

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Message-ID: <20200511151120.GA28634@lst.de>
Date:   Mon, 11 May 2020 17:11:20 +0200
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 31/31] module: move the set_fs hack for
 flush_icache_range to m68k

On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 09:40:39AM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> On Sun, May 10, 2020 at 9:57 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de> wrote:
> >
> > flush_icache_range generally operates on kernel addresses, but for some
> > reason m68k needed a set_fs override.  Move that into the m68k code
> > insted of keeping it in the module loader.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> 
> Reviewed-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
> Acked-by: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>

Btw, do you know what part of flush_icache_range relied on set_fs?
Do any of the m68k maintainers have an idea how to handle that in
a nicer way when we can split the implementations?