Re: [parisc-linux] rmap: parisc __flush_dcache_page

From: Andrea Arcangeli (andrea_at_suse.de)
Date: 04/08/04

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To: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com>

    On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 09:40:37AM -0500, James Bottomley wrote:
    > Whatever seems most convenient that won't impact the flushing fast path,
    > I suppose. It's one of the hottest paths in the system since all data
    > transfers go through it for user visibility.

    you'd need to take a semaphore there to be safe, so it's basically
    unfixable since you can't sleep or just trylock.
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