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powerpc/thp: Add write barrier after updating the valid bit
authorAneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:01:57 +0000 (12:31 +0530)
committerBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Wed, 13 Aug 2014 08:20:37 +0000 (18:20 +1000)
commitb0aa44a3dfae3d8f45bd1264349aa87f87b7774f
tree92b61ca0ea8b8cbd4ec4c9934aafa39eab29fd4dtree | snapshot
parent2fabf084b6ad6337675d700b159a6091023544f2commit | diff
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>
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