From: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortel.com>
To: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com>
Cc: linux-ppc-embedded list <linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org>,
Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>,
linuxppc-dev list <linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org>
Subject: Re: pte_update and 64-bit PTEs on PPC32?
Date: Wed, 06 Apr 2005 11:20:21 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <42541A55.1030606@nortel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <c689550a30a3129f8576f78eaa6f7af4@freescale.com>
Kumar Gala wrote:
> static inline pte_t ptep_get_and_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned
> long addr,
> pte_t *ptep)
> {
> pte_t tmp = *ptep;
> pte_update(ptep, ~_PAGE_HASHPTE, 0);
> return tmp;
> }
Doesn't work. The update and storing of the old value must be atomic.
The value of the pte can change between storing the tmp value and
calling pte_update().
Chris
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-06 17:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-04-06 6:51 pte_update and 64-bit PTEs on PPC32? Kumar Gala
2005-04-06 6:53 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-04-06 16:44 ` Kumar Gala
2005-04-06 17:20 ` Chris Friesen [this message]
2005-04-06 17:58 ` Kumar Gala
2005-04-06 21:33 ` Kumar Gala
2005-04-08 8:26 ` Gabriel Paubert
2005-04-08 14:08 ` Kumar Gala
2005-04-08 18:44 ` Gabriel Paubert
2005-04-08 19:01 ` Kumar Gala
2005-04-08 21:04 ` Gabriel Paubert
2005-04-08 21:31 ` Dan Malek
2005-04-08 21:44 ` Gabriel Paubert
2005-04-08 23:32 ` Kumar Gala
2005-04-09 0:32 ` Paul Mackerras
2005-04-06 22:22 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2005-04-06 22:27 ` Kumar Gala
2005-04-07 11:15 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
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