parisc: Update comment regarding implementation of copy_user_page_asm
The attached patch describes the current implementation of copy_user_page_asm(). It is possible to implement this routine using either the kernel page mappings or equivalent aliases. I tested both and decided the former was more efficient. Signed-off-by: John David Anglin <dave.anglin@bell.net> Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
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/*
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* We can't do this since copy_user_page is used to bring in
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* file data that might have instructions. Since the data would
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* then need to be flushed out so the i-fetch can see it, it
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* makes more sense to just copy through the kernel translation
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* and flush it.
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* copy_user_page_asm() performs a page copy using mappings
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* equivalent to the user page mappings. It can be used to
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* implement copy_user_page() but unfortunately both the `from'
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* and `to' pages need to be flushed through mappings equivalent
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* to the user mappings after the copy because the kernel accesses
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* the `from' page through the kmap kernel mapping and the `to'
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* page needs to be flushed since code can be copied. As a
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* result, this implementation is less efficient than the simpler
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* copy using the kernel mapping. It only needs the `from' page
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* to flushed via the user mapping. The kunmap routines handle
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* the flushes needed for the kernel mapping.
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*
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* I'm still keeping this around because it may be possible to
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* use it if more information is passed into copy_user_page().
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