Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261944AbTE2HAF (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2003 03:00:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261950AbTE2HAF (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2003 03:00:05 -0400 Received: from caramon.arm.linux.org.uk ([212.18.232.186]:37902 "EHLO caramon.arm.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261944AbTE2HAE (ORCPT ); Thu, 29 May 2003 03:00:04 -0400 Date: Thu, 29 May 2003 08:13:15 +0100 From: Russell King To: "David S. Miller" Cc: zippel@linux-m68k.org, mika.penttila@kolumbus.fi, akpm@digeo.com, hugh@veritas.com, LW@karo-electronics.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [patch] cache flush bug in mm/filemap.c (all kernels >= 2.5.30(at least)) Message-ID: <20030529081315.A12513@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Mail-Followup-To: "David S. Miller" , zippel@linux-m68k.org, mika.penttila@kolumbus.fi, akpm@digeo.com, hugh@veritas.com, LW@karo-electronics.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20030528.154720.74745668.davem@redhat.com> <20030528.183700.104033543.davem@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5.1i In-Reply-To: <20030528.183700.104033543.davem@redhat.com>; from davem@redhat.com on Wed, May 28, 2003 at 06:37:00PM -0700 X-Message-Flag: Your copy of Microsoft Outlook is vulnerable to viruses. See www.mutt.org for more details. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 730 Lines: 17 On Wed, May 28, 2003 at 06:37:00PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > Specifically, flush_dcache_page() is called any time the kernel makes > cpu stores into a page cache page that might be mapped into a user's > address space. Presumably then the two in drivers/block/rd.c (ramdisk_readpage and ramdisk_prepare_write) are out of spec then? -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/