On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 12:28:42PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Index: linux-2.6/mm/fremap.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/mm/fremap.c 2008-01-25 19:31:05.000000000 -0800
> +++ linux-2.6/mm/fremap.c 2008-01-25 19:32:49.000000000 -0800
> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
> #include <linux/rmap.h>
> #include <linux/module.h>
> #include <linux/syscalls.h>
> +#include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>
>
> #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
> #include <asm/cacheflush.h>
> @@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_remap_file_pages(uns
> spin_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_lock);
> }
>
> + mmu_notifier(invalidate_range, mm, start, start + size, 0);
> err = populate_range(mm, vma, start, size, pgoff);
How can it be right to invalidate_range _before_ ptep_clear_flush?
> @@ -1634,6 +1639,8 @@ gotten:
> /*
> * Re-check the pte - we dropped the lock
> */
> + mmu_notifier(invalidate_range, mm, address,
> + address + PAGE_SIZE - 1, 0);
> page_table = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl);
> if (likely(pte_same(*page_table, orig_pte))) {
> if (old_page) {
What's the point of invalidate_range when the size is PAGE_SIZE? And
how can it be right to invalidate_range _before_ ptep_clear_flush?
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