From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by vger.rutgers.edu via listexpand id ; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:25:54 -0400 Received: by vger.rutgers.edu id ; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:25:36 -0400 Received: from dukat.scot.redhat.com ([195.89.149.246]:2066 "EHLO dukat.scot.redhat.com") by vger.rutgers.edu with ESMTP id ; Mon, 10 Apr 2000 18:24:50 -0400 Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:21:49 +0100 From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" To: Alan Cox Cc: Kanoj Sarcar , Manfred Spraul , linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-mm@kvack.org, torvalds@transmeta.com, davem@redhat.com Subject: Re: zap_page_range(): TLB flush race Message-ID: <20000410232149.M17648@redhat.com> References: <200004082331.QAA78522@google.engr.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: ; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Sun, Apr 09, 2000 at 12:37:05AM +0100 Sender: owner-linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu Hi, On Sun, Apr 09, 2000 at 12:37:05AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > > Basically establish_pte() has to be architecture specific, as some processors > need different orders either to avoid races or to handle cpu specific > limitations. What exactly do different architectures need which set_pte() doesn't already allow them to do magic in? --Stephen - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/