Thread (3 messages) 3 messages, 2 authors, 2000-10-12

Re: [RFC] atomic pte updates for x86 smp

From: Ingo Molnar <hidden>
Date: 2000-10-12 10:05:48

On Thu, 12 Oct 2000, David S. Miller wrote:
   clear neither user-space pgds, nor user-space pmds in PAE mode

Eh?

munmap() --> clear_page_tables() --> free_one_pgd() --> pgd_clear
you are right, i was focused too much on the swapping case. I dont think
munmap() is a problem in the PAE case. pgd_clear() should stay a 64-bit
operation (like in Ben's patch) because we could get a legitimate TLB
flush between two 32-bit writes. (the 4 pgd entries are otherwise cached
in the CPU core, only TLB flushes reload them.)

	Ingo



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