Hi Albert,
On Sunday 07 August 2011 12:25 PM, Albert ARIBAUD wrote:
Hi Aneesh,
(cutting quotation for readability)
Le 05/08/2011 16:59, Aneesh V a écrit :
Hi Albert,
I don't dispute that having buffers aligned is the ideal scenario. The question is about error-handling the situation when this requirement is not met.
I understand what you're trying to achieve in this respect, that is, make the code as correct as it can be under unspecified conditions. I believe we are differing in how we construe 'as correct as it can be': you want to make the implementation of the called function as correct as it can be' at the expense of introducing a non-intuitive behavior (flush while invalidating), while I prefer the overall system to be as correct as it can be by 'doing exactly what it says on the tin', i.e. invalidating only.
I understand your point of view now. I shall update my cache fix series to invalidate only the aligned part of the buffer and to print a big warning when the buffer is not aligned.
best regards, Aneesh