On Wed, Nov 07, 2001 at 10:39:47AM +0900, Atsushi Nemoto wrote: > In 2.4.5, flush_cache_all() (and flush_tlb_all()) is called in > vmalloc_area_pages(). I think this call protect us from virtual > aliasing problem. > > By the way, does anybody have any problem with vmalloc on recent > kernel? > > In somewhere between 2.4.6 and 2.4.9, the call to flush_cache_all() > disappered from vmalloc_area_pages(). I have a data corruption > problem in vmalloc()ed area without this call. I think we still need > this call. Entirely correct. I'm just trying to find why this call got removed in 2.4.10. Clearly wrong; I had not noticed that these two lines got removed and thus was assuming the code of those two must somehow be malfunctioning. Ralf
