This is also true on some x86 systems. Dave Hansen <dave at sr71.net> wrote: >On 04/14/2013 09:52 PM, HATAYAMA Daisuke wrote: >> This sounds like there's no such issue on x86 cache mechanism. Is it >> correct? If so, what is the difference between ia64 and x86 cache >> mechanisms? > >I'm just going by the code comments: > >drivers/char/mem.c >> /* >> * On ia64 if a page has been mapped somewhere as >uncached, then >> * it must also be accessed uncached by the kernel or >data >> * corruption may occur. >> */ -- Sent from my mobile phone. Please excuse brevity and lack of formatting.