On Friday 20 July 2007 02:37:20 Zachary Amsden wrote:
> Andi Kleen wrote:
> > + *addr = opcode;
> > + /* Not strictly needed, but can speed CPU recovery up */
> > + if (cpu_has_clflush)
> > + asm("clflush (%0) " :: "r" (addr) : "memory");
> > + if (addr != oaddr)
> > + vunmap(addr);
> >
>
> clflush should take oaddr.
Thanks
> If you had to remap, note that the processor does not know the linear
> address you wrote to could be matched by another mapping in icache. In
> that case, you'll need a serializing instruction (cpuid) to
> resynchronize caches.
We already got one in alternative patching, but you're right it's
safer to do it in text_poke
-Andi
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