From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Subject: Re: [patch 0/3] 2.6.20 fix for PageUptodate memorder problem (try 2) From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt In-Reply-To: <20070209013115.GA17334@wotan.suse.de> References: <20070208111421.30513.77904.sendpatchset@linux.site> <20070209013115.GA17334@wotan.suse.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 09 Feb 2007 12:44:09 +1100 Message-Id: <1170985449.2620.391.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Nick Piggin Cc: Hugh Dickins , Andrew Morton , Linux Memory Management , Linux Kernel List-ID: > > Fix threaded user page write memory ordering > > Thanks, I did see that, but I'm sure it must have been prompted by a > discussion or another proposed patch from IBM. Maybe I'm wrong > though. Yes, my initial proposal iirc was to smp_wmb() in set_pte() but after a discussion with Linus, we ended with open coding them. Ben. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: email@kvack.org