Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269498AbUIZFdX (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:33:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269494AbUIZFdX (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:33:23 -0400 Received: from gate.crashing.org ([63.228.1.57]:27268 "EHLO gate.crashing.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269498AbUIZFdW (ORCPT ); Sun, 26 Sep 2004 01:33:22 -0400 Subject: Re: ptep_establish/establish_pte needs set_pte_atomic and all set_pte must be written in asm From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt To: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Rik van Riel , "Martin J. Bligh" , Andrew Morton , Linux Kernel list In-Reply-To: <20040926013637.GU3309@dualathlon.random> References: <20040926002037.GP3309@dualathlon.random> <20040926004608.GS3309@dualathlon.random> <1096160383.18233.67.camel@gaston> <20040926013637.GU3309@dualathlon.random> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1096176717.576.295.camel@gaston> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 15:31:58 +1000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 491 Lines: 15 On Sun, 2004-09-26 at 11:36, Andrea Arcangeli wrote: > the only one not volatile, or can you find more? I'm not sure all DMA descriptor buffers are marked volatile but yes, I tend to agree with you on the fact that it may be a good idea Ben. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/