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@@ -371,6 +371,18 @@ maps this page at its virtual address. | |||
371 | architectures). For incoherent architectures, it should flush | 371 | architectures). For incoherent architectures, it should flush |
372 | the cache of the page at vmaddr in the current user process. | 372 | the cache of the page at vmaddr in the current user process. |
373 | 373 | ||
374 | void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page) | ||
375 | When the kernel needs to modify a user page is has obtained | ||
376 | with kmap, it calls this function after all modifications are | ||
377 | complete (but before kunmapping it) to bring the underlying | ||
378 | page up to date. It is assumed here that the user has no | ||
379 | incoherent cached copies (i.e. the original page was obtained | ||
380 | from a mechanism like get_user_pages()). The default | ||
381 | implementation is a nop and should remain so on all coherent | ||
382 | architectures. On incoherent architectures, this should flush | ||
383 | the kernel cache for page (using page_address(page)). | ||
384 | |||
385 | |||
374 | void flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end) | 386 | void flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end) |
375 | When the kernel stores into addresses that it will execute | 387 | When the kernel stores into addresses that it will execute |
376 | out of (eg when loading modules), this function is called. | 388 | out of (eg when loading modules), this function is called. |