This patch changes flush_dcache_page() to only print inequivalent alias error messages on systems that require coherency. Inequivalent aliases can occur on systems that don't require coherency and this can cause spurious messages. Signed-off-by: John David Anglin <dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx> --- arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c index a82b3eaa5398..2407b0b789d3 100644 --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c @@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page) if (old_addr == 0 || (old_addr & (SHM_COLOUR - 1)) != (addr & (SHM_COLOUR - 1))) { __flush_cache_page(mpnt, addr, page_to_phys(page)); - if (old_addr) + if (parisc_requires_coherency() && old_addr) printk(KERN_ERR "INEQUIVALENT ALIASES 0x%lx and 0x%lx in file %pD\n", old_addr, addr, mpnt->vm_file); old_addr = addr; }