On Thu, Jun 17, 2021 at 08:01:57PM -0700, Ira Weiny wrote: > > > + flush_kernel_dcache_page(__page); \ > > Is this required on 32bit systems? Why is kunmap_flush_on_unmap() not > sufficient on 64bit systems? The normal kunmap_local() path does that. > > I'm sorry but I did not see a conclusion to my query on V1. Herbert implied the > he just copied from the crypto code.[1] I'm concerned that this _dirty() call > is just going to confuse the users of kmap even more. So why can't we get to > the bottom of why flush_kernel_dcache_page() needs so much logic around it > before complicating the general kernel users. > > I would like to see it go away if possible. This thread may be related: https://lwn.net/Articles/240249/ Cheers, -- Email: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Home Page: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/ PGP Key: http://gondor.apana.org.au/~herbert/pubkey.txt -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel
