Re: zap_page_range(): TLB flush race

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2000 - 06:56:59 EST

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

Some of them need a valid PTE to exist in order to flush a page from cache
to memory

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