Re: [PATCH] arch/cacheflush: Introduce flush_all_caches()

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On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 11:49:59AM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:

> What would have helped is if the secure-erase and unlock definition in
> the specification mandated that the device emit cache invalidations for
> everything it has mapped when it is erased. However, that has some
> holes, and it also makes me think there is a gap in the current region
> provisioning code. If I have device-A mapped at physical-address-X and then
> tear that down and instantiate device-B at that same physical address
> there needs to be CPU cache invalidation between those 2 events.

Can we pretty please get those holes fixed ASAP such that future
generations can avoid the WBINVD nonsense?



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