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authorAneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>2014-08-13 07:01:57 (GMT)
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>2014-08-13 08:20:37 (GMT)
commitb0aa44a3dfae3d8f45bd1264349aa87f87b7774f (patch)
tree92b61ca0ea8b8cbd4ec4c9934aafa39eab29fd4d /arch
parent2fabf084b6ad6337675d700b159a6091023544f2 (diff)
downloadlinux-b0aa44a3dfae3d8f45bd1264349aa87f87b7774f.tar.xz
powerpc/thp: Add write barrier after updating the valid bit
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. CC: <stable@vger.kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch')
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugepage-hash64.c
index 826893f..11f9a37 100644
--- 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;
}