Re: [PATCH md 010 of 14] Convert various kmap calls to kmap_atomic

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NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> +				paddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
>  +				memset(paddr + offset, 0xff,
>   				       PAGE_SIZE - offset);

This page which is being altered is a user-visible one, no?  A pagecache
page?

We must always run flush_dcache_page() against a page when the kernel
modifies a user-visible page's contents.  Otherwise, on some architectures,
the modification won't be visible at the different virtual address.
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