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authorKirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>2015-02-10 17:09:59 -0500
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2015-02-10 17:30:31 -0500
commit27ba0644ea9dfe6e7693abc85837b60e40583b96 (patch)
treea1e04ba5026728711bde87cb2f336d2444ee6ffe /Documentation/cachetlb.txt
parent1da4b35b001481df99a6dcab12d5d39a876f7056 (diff)
rmap: drop support of non-linear mappings
We don't create non-linear mappings anymore. Let's drop code which handles them in rmap. Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -317,10 +317,10 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
317 about doing this. 317 about doing this.
318 318
319 The idea is, first at flush_dcache_page() time, if 319 The idea is, first at flush_dcache_page() time, if
320 page->mapping->i_mmap is an empty tree and ->i_mmap_nonlinear 320 page->mapping->i_mmap is an empty tree, just mark the architecture
321 an empty list, just mark the architecture private page flag bit. 321 private page flag bit. Later, in update_mmu_cache(), a check is
322 Later, in update_mmu_cache(), a check is made of this flag bit, 322 made of this flag bit, and if set the flush is done and the flag
323 and if set the flush is done and the flag bit is cleared. 323 bit is cleared.
324 324
325 IMPORTANT NOTE: It is often important, if you defer the flush, 325 IMPORTANT NOTE: It is often important, if you defer the flush,
326 that the actual flush occurs on the same CPU 326 that the actual flush occurs on the same CPU