[tip:perf/core] uprobes: Flush cache after xol write

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Commit-ID:  65b6ecc03838fd263cf7fafdfa6cf13012b91d56
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/65b6ecc03838fd263cf7fafdfa6cf13012b91d56
Author:     Rabin Vincent <rabin@xxxxxx>
AuthorDate: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:27:07 +0100
Committer:  Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
CommitDate: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:32:24 +0100

uprobes: Flush cache after xol write

Flush the cache so that the instructions written to the XOL area are
visible.

Signed-off-by: Rabin Vincent <rabin@xxxxxx>
Acked-by: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 kernel/events/uprobes.c | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/events/uprobes.c b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
index 39c75cc..5ce99cf 100644
--- a/kernel/events/uprobes.c
+++ b/kernel/events/uprobes.c
@@ -1199,6 +1199,11 @@ static unsigned long xol_get_insn_slot(struct uprobe *uprobe, unsigned long slot
 	vaddr = kmap_atomic(area->page);
 	memcpy(vaddr + offset, uprobe->arch.insn, MAX_UINSN_BYTES);
 	kunmap_atomic(vaddr);
+	/*
+	 * We probably need flush_icache_user_range() but it needs vma.
+	 * This should work on supported architectures too.
+	 */
+	flush_dcache_page(area->page);
 
 	return current->utask->xol_vaddr;
 }
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