/* * linux/arch/arm/mm/minicache.c * * Copyright (C) 2001 Russell King * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as * published by the Free Software Foundation. * * This handles the mini data cache, as found on SA11x0 and XScale * processors. When we copy a user page page, we map it in such a way * that accesses to this page will not touch the main data cache, but * will be cached in the mini data cache. This prevents us thrashing * the main data cache on page faults. */ #include #include #include #include #include /* * 0xffff8000 to 0xffffffff is reserved for any ARM architecture * specific hacks for copying pages efficiently. */ #define minicache_address (0xffff8000) #define minicache_pgprot __pgprot(L_PTE_PRESENT | L_PTE_YOUNG | \ L_PTE_CACHEABLE) static pte_t *minicache_pte; /* * Note that this is intended to be called only from the copy_user_page * asm code; anything else will require special locking to prevent the * mini-cache space being re-used. (Note: probably preempt unsafe). * * We rely on the fact that the minicache is 2K, and we'll be pushing * 4K of data through it, so we don't actually have to specifically * flush the minicache when we change the mapping. * * Note also: assert(PAGE_OFFSET <= virt < high_memory). * Unsafe: preempt, kmap. */ unsigned long map_page_minicache(unsigned long virt) { set_pte(minicache_pte, pfn_pte(__pa(virt) >> PAGE_SHIFT, minicache_pgprot)); flush_tlb_kernel_page(minicache_address); return minicache_address; } static int __init minicache_init(void) { pgd_t *pgd; pmd_t *pmd; spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock); pgd = pgd_offset_k(minicache_address); pmd = pmd_alloc(&init_mm, pgd, minicache_address); if (!pmd) BUG(); minicache_pte = pte_alloc_kernel(&init_mm, pmd, minicache_address); if (!minicache_pte) BUG(); spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock); return 0; } core_initcall(minicache_init);