linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] membarrier: riscv: Provide core serializing command

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Message-ID: <ZNDvVlbubtOoto0p@andrea>
Date:   Mon, 7 Aug 2023 15:19:18 +0200
From:   Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@...il.com>
To:     Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@...icios.com>
Cc:     paulmck@...nel.org, paul.walmsley@...ive.com, palmer@...belt.com,
        aou@...s.berkeley.edu, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mmaas@...gle.com, hboehm@...gle.com,
        striker@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] membarrier: riscv: Provide core serializing command

> One more noteworthy detail: if a system call similar to ARM cacheflush(2) is implemented for
> RISC-V, perhaps an iovec ABI (similar to readv(2)/writev(2)) would be relevant to handle
> batching of cache flushing when address ranges are not contiguous. Maybe with a new name
> like "cacheflushv(2)", so eventually other architectures could implement it as well ?

I believe that's a sensible idea.  But the RISC-V maintainers can provide
a more reliable feedback.

  Andrea