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From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
To: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc: use smp_rmb when looking at deposisted
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Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> writes:

> Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>> 
>> We need to use smb_rmb when looking at hpte slot array. Otherwise we could
>> reorder the hpte_slot array load bfore even we marked the pmd trans huge.
>
> Does this need to go back into the stable series?
>

No the changes are not yet upstream. hpte_slot_array changes are in the
THP series. I didn't want to post the entire series again with the 
above two patches. 

-aneesh