Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Fix 4xx flush_tlb_page()

2007-10-29 Thread Kumar Gala
On Oct 29, 2007, at 5:46 PM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote: > On 4xx CPUs, the current implementation of flush_tlb_page() uses > a low level _tlbie() assembly function that only works for the > current PID. Thus, invalidations caused by, for example, a COW > fault triggered by get_user_pages() fro

[PATCH] powerpc: Fix 4xx flush_tlb_page()

2007-10-29 Thread Benjamin Herrenschmidt
On 4xx CPUs, the current implementation of flush_tlb_page() uses a low level _tlbie() assembly function that only works for the current PID. Thus, invalidations caused by, for example, a COW fault triggered by get_user_pages() from a different context will not work properly, causing among other thi