linux/arch
Ralf Baechle 2eaa7ec286 [MIPS] Handle I-cache coherency in flush_cache_range()
So far flush_cache_range() did't consider the I-cache largely because it
did rarely ever matter to real world code.  This was working primarily
because normally code and data are don't share the same pages - with the
exception of MIPS16 code which uses address constants embedded between
the code.   The following sequence of events may break the code:

 o MIPS16 executable being loaded
 o dynamic linker relocates the address constants embedded into the code:
 o   Uses mprotect(2) to make code pages PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE
 o   Performs the actual relocations by writing to the pages which likely
     are COW.  Because no PROT_EXEC is set I-cache coherence will not be
     considered.
 o   Uses mprotect(2) to switch code pages back to PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC.
     This results in a call to flush_cache_range() which also does not
     consider I-caches.
 o => executing the page just having been relocated may now result in the
   I-cache getting refilled with stale data from memory.

Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
2008-02-19 17:01:31 +00:00
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alpha Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
arm Merge branch 'for-linus' of master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2008-02-10 14:09:44 -08:00
avr32 ide: introduce HAVE_IDE 2008-02-09 10:46:40 +01:00
blackfin d_path: Make d_path() use a struct path 2008-02-14 21:17:09 -08:00
cris cris: import memset.c from newlib: fixes compile error with newer (pre4.3) gcc 2008-02-14 20:58:04 -08:00
frv xtime_lock vs update_process_times 2008-02-13 13:29:25 -08:00
h8300 ide: introduce HAVE_IDE 2008-02-09 10:46:40 +01:00
ia64 [IA64] Fix build for sim_defconfig 2008-02-11 13:23:46 -08:00
m32r ide: introduce HAVE_IDE 2008-02-09 10:46:40 +01:00
m68k ide: introduce HAVE_IDE 2008-02-09 10:46:40 +01:00
m68knommu m68knommu: fix profile timer 2008-02-14 20:58:05 -08:00
mips [MIPS] Handle I-cache coherency in flush_cache_range() 2008-02-19 17:01:31 +00:00
mn10300 mn10300: add platform MTD support for the ASB2303 board 2008-02-08 09:22:30 -08:00
parisc Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
powerpc Merge branch 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulus/powerpc 2008-02-14 21:22:33 -08:00
ppc ide: introduce HAVE_IDE 2008-02-09 10:46:40 +01:00
s390 [S390] dynamic page tables. 2008-02-09 18:24:41 +01:00
sh sh: Fix multiple UTLB hit on UP SH-4. 2008-02-14 14:45:08 +09:00
sparc xtime_lock vs update_process_times 2008-02-13 13:29:25 -08:00
sparc64 Introduce path_put() 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
um Embed a struct path into struct nameidata instead of nd->{dentry,mnt} 2008-02-14 21:13:33 -08:00
v850 ide: introduce HAVE_IDE 2008-02-09 10:46:40 +01:00
x86 x86: fix lguest build failure 2008-02-18 20:54:14 +01:00
xtensa ide: introduce HAVE_IDE 2008-02-09 10:46:40 +01:00
.gitignore arch: Ignore arch/i386 and arch/x86_64 2008-01-19 21:29:39 -08:00
Kconfig Move Kconfig.instrumentation to arch/Kconfig and init/Kconfig 2008-02-03 08:58:08 +01:00