Re: zap_page_range(): TLB flush race

From: Stephen C. Tweedie (sct@redhat.com)
Date: Mon Apr 10 2000 - 17:21:49 EST


Hi,

On Sun, Apr 09, 2000 at 12:37:05AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
>
> Basically establish_pte() has to be architecture specific, as some processors
> need different orders either to avoid races or to handle cpu specific
> limitations.

What exactly do different architectures need which set_pte() doesn't
already allow them to do magic in?

--Stephen

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