Re: [PATCH 16/28] nios2: System calls handling

From: Ley Foon Tan
Date: Mon Apr 21 2014 - 13:24:07 EST


On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 4:12 AM, Geert Uytterhoeven
<geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> + */
>> + vma = find_vma(current->mm, addr);
>> + if (vma == NULL || addr < vma->vm_start || addr + len > vma->vm_end)
>> + return -EFAULT;
>> +
>> + /* Ignore the scope and cache arguments. */
>
> This function doesn't have scope and cache arguments
> (sys_cacheflush() on m68k does have them ;-)

Missed out the comment after rename the arguments.:) Will update the
comment above.

> On Sat, Apr 19, 2014 at 6:09 PM, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Also... explanation why you need this syscall while other
>> architectures live happily without it would be nice.
>
> 12 our of 28 architectures provide such a syscall...
>
> Is flushing the cache a privileged operation on nios2?
Yes.

Thanks.

Regards
Ley Foon
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