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Date:   Tue, 27 Aug 2019 08:19:33 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Alastair D'Silva <alastair@au1.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: Allow flush_(inval_)dcache_range to work
 across ranges >4GB
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On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:19:27AM +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
> 
> The upstream commit:
> 22e9c88d486a ("powerpc/64: reuse PPC32 static inline flush_dcache_range()")
> has a similar effect, but since it is a rewrite of the assembler to C, is
> too invasive for stable. This patch is a minimal fix to address the issue in
> assembler.
> 
> This patch applies cleanly to v5.2, v4.19 & v4.14.
> 
> When calling flush_(inval_)dcache_range with a size >4GB, we were masking
> off the upper 32 bits, so we would incorrectly flush a range smaller
> than intended.
> 
> This patch replaces the 32 bit shifts with 64 bit ones, so that
> the full size is accounted for.
> 
> Changelog:
> v2
>   - Add related upstream commit

Now applied, thanks.

greg k-h