From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 11:58:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 11:58:04 -0400 Received: from cisco7500-mainGW.gts.cz ([194.213.32.131]:4100 "EHLO bug.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 8 Jun 2001 11:57:44 -0400 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 19:48:49 +0000 From: Pavel Machek To: David Woodhouse Cc: "David S. Miller" , Chris Wedgwood , Jeff Garzik , bjornw@axis.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: Missing cache flush. Message-ID: <20010606194846.B38@toy.ucw.cz> In-Reply-To: <15132.40298.80954.434805@pizda.ninka.net> <15132.22933.859130.119059@pizda.ninka.net> <13942.991696607@redhat.com> <3B1C1872.8D8F1529@mandrakesoft.com> <15132.15829.322534.88410@pizda.ninka.net> <20010605155550.C22741@metastasis.f00f.org> <25587.991730769@redhat.com> <15132.40298.80954.434805@pizda.ninka.net> <25831.991731935@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <25831.991731935@redhat.com>; from dwmw2@infradead.org on Tue, Jun 05, 2001 at 10:05:35AM +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > What shall we call this function? The intuitive "flush_dcache_range" appears > to have already been taken. Please do not use *_dcache_*. It would confuse me with dentry cache. Flush data cche range would be ok. [BTW what about just rewriting it with 0xffs after you zero the block? Someone already suggested that, and it seems ok.] -- Philips Velo 1: 1"x4"x8", 300gram, 60, 12MB, 40bogomips, linux, mutt, details at http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/velo/index.html.