Errata 4161: Concurring ptesyncs on both cores might lock up the
cores. Most ptesyncs are already under tlbie_lock, so use that in the only
other remaining location (the timer interrupt ones we've added ourselves).
Index: 2.6.21/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.21.orig/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
+++ 2.6.21/arch/powerpc/kernel/time.c
@@ -618,8 +618,11 @@ void timer_interrupt(struct pt_regs * re
int cpu = smp_processor_id();
unsigned long ticks;
u64 tb_next_jiffy;
+ extern spinlock_t native_tlbie_lock;
+ spin_lock(&native_tlbie_lock);
asm("ptesync");
+ spin_unlock(&native_tlbie_lock);
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
if (atomic_read(&ppc_n_lost_interrupts) != 0)
Index: 2.6.21/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c
===================================================================
--- 2.6.21.orig/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c
+++ 2.6.21/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
#define HPTE_LOCK_BIT 3
-static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(native_tlbie_lock);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(native_tlbie_lock);
static inline void __tlbie(unsigned long va, unsigned int psize)
{
--
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