Changing the page attributes

Mulyadi Santosa mulyadi.santosa at gmail.com
Tue Jul 10 12:12:37 EDT 2012


Hi..

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 6:51 PM, Arun KS <getarunks at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Experts,
>
> I have a requirement to change __log_buf memory(kernel printk buffer)
> as non cacheable memory.
> How can I change the page attributes for changing cache policy to non cacheable?

I just can give short clue. I think somehow you must find its PTE
entry...there, IIRC there is page attribute that can be changed to
make it uncacheable.

cross check the Intel processor manual for further clarification (if
it's indeed x86 arch)

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Mulyadi Santosa
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