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Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On Fri, 2004-12-10 at 15:54 +1100, Nick Piggin wrote: > >>Nick Piggin wrote: >> >>The page-freed-before-update_mmu_cache issue can be solved in that way, >>not the set_pte and update_mmu_cache not performed under the same ptl >>section issue that you raised. > > > What is the problem with update_mmu_cache ? It doesn't need to be done > in the same lock section since it's approx. equivalent to a HW fault, > which doesn't take the ptl... > I don't think a problem has been observed, I think Hugh was just raising it as a general issue. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ | ||||||||||
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