3.16-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know.
------------------ From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> commit b0aa44a3dfae3d8f45bd1264349aa87f87b7774f upstream. With hugepages, we store the hpte valid information in the pte page whose address is stored in the second half of the PMD. Use a write barrier to make sure clearing pmd busy bit and updating hpte valid info are ordered properly. Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <b...@kernel.crashing.org> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gre...@linuxfoundation.org> --- arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c @@ -172,8 +172,11 @@ repeat: mark_hpte_slot_valid(hpte_slot_array, index, slot); } /* - * No need to use ldarx/stdcx here + * The hpte valid is stored in the pgtable whose address is in the + * second half of the PMD. Order this against clearing of the busy bit in + * huge pmd. */ + smp_wmb(); *pmdp = __pmd(new_pmd & ~_PAGE_BUSY); return 0; } -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majord...@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/