Re: Missing cache flush.

David S. Miller (davem@redhat.com)
Tue, 5 Jun 2001 05:48:37 -0700 (PDT)


David Woodhouse writes:
> > Call it flush_ecache_full() or something.
>
> Strange name. Why? How about __flush_cache_range()?

How about flush_cache_range_force() instead?

I want something in the name that tells the reader "this flushes the
caches, even though under every other ordinary circumstance you would
not need to".

Later,
David S. Miller
davem@redhat.com
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