Re: [PATCH -fixes] mm: Add a call to flush_cache_vmap() in vmap_pfn()

From: Andrew Morton
Date: Wed Aug 09 2023 - 14:47:03 EST


On Wed, 9 Aug 2023 18:46:33 +0200 Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> flush_cache_vmap() must be called after new vmalloc mappings are
> installed in the page table in order to allow architectures to make sure
> the new mapping is visible.

Thanks. What are the user-visible effects of this bug?