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@@ -362,6 +362,27 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
362 likely that you will need to flush the instruction cache 362 likely that you will need to flush the instruction cache
363 for copy_to_user_page(). 363 for copy_to_user_page().
364 364
365 void flush_anon_page(struct page *page, unsigned long vmaddr)
366 When the kernel needs to access the contents of an anonymous
367 page, it calls this function (currently only
368 get_user_pages()). Note: flush_dcache_page() deliberately
369 doesn't work for an anonymous page. The default
370 implementation is a nop (and should remain so for all coherent
371 architectures). For incoherent architectures, it should flush
372 the cache of the page at vmaddr in the current user process.
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
365 void flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end) 386 void flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
366 When the kernel stores into addresses that it will execute 387 When the kernel stores into addresses that it will execute
367 out of (eg when loading modules), this function is called. 388 out of (eg when loading modules), this function is called.