On 02/11/2014 05:34 AM, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> 
> Archs like ppc64 doesn't do tlb flush in set_pte/pmd functions. ppc64 also 
> doesn't implement
> flush_tlb_range. ppc64 require the tlb flushing to be batched within ptl 
> locks. The reason
> to do that is to ensure that the hash page table is in sync with linux page 
> table.
> We track the hpte index in linux pte and if we clear them without flushing 
> hash and drop the
> ptl lock, we can have another cpu update the pte and can end up with double 
> hash. We also want
> to keep set_pte_at simpler by not requiring them to do hash flush for 
> performance reason.
> Hence cannot use them while updating _PAGE_NUMA bit. Add new functions for 
> marking pte/pmd numa
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <r...@redhat.com>

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