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    MIPS: c-r4k: Split user/kernel flush_icache_range() · 01882b4d
    James Hogan authored
    flush_icache_range() is used for both user addresses (i.e.
    cacheflush(2)), and kernel addresses (as the API documentation
    describes).
    
    This isn't really suitable however for Enhanced Virtual Addressing (EVA)
    where cache operations on usermode addresses must use a different
    instruction, and the protected cache ops assume user addresses, making
    flush_icache_range() ineffective on kernel addresses.
    
    Split out a new __flush_icache_user_range() and
    __local_flush_icache_user_range() for users which actually want to flush
    usermode addresses (note that flush_icache_user_range() already exists
    on various architectures but with different arguments).
    
    The implementation of flush_icache_range() will be changed in an
    upcoming commit to use unprotected normal cache ops so as to always work
    on the kernel mode address space.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Hogan <james.hogan@imgtec.com>
    Cc: Leonid Yegoshin <leonid.yegoshin@imgtec.com>
    Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
    Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/14152/Signed-off-by: default avatarRalf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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