On a multicore ARM, you really do have to clear both caches, not just the dcache. This bug may exist in other ports too.
Andrew. 2011-07-11 Andrew Haley <a...@redhat.com> * src/arm/ffi.c (FFI_INIT_TRAMPOLINE): Clear icache. diff --git a/src/arm/ffi.c b/src/arm/ffi.c index 885a9cb..b2e7667 100644 --- a/src/arm/ffi.c +++ b/src/arm/ffi.c @@ -558,12 +558,16 @@ ffi_closure_free (void *ptr) ({ unsigned char *__tramp = (unsigned char*)(TRAMP); \ unsigned int __fun = (unsigned int)(FUN); \ unsigned int __ctx = (unsigned int)(CTX); \ + unsigned char *insns = (unsigned char *)(CTX); \ *(unsigned int*) &__tramp[0] = 0xe92d000f; /* stmfd sp!, {r0-r3} */ \ *(unsigned int*) &__tramp[4] = 0xe59f0000; /* ldr r0, [pc] */ \ *(unsigned int*) &__tramp[8] = 0xe59ff000; /* ldr pc, [pc] */ \ *(unsigned int*) &__tramp[12] = __ctx; \ *(unsigned int*) &__tramp[16] = __fun; \ - __clear_cache((&__tramp[0]), (&__tramp[19])); \ + __clear_cache((&__tramp[0]), (&__tramp[19])); /* Clear data mapping. */ \ + __clear_cache(insns, insns + 3 * sizeof (unsigned int)); \ + /* Clear instruction \ + mapping. */ \ }) #endif