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Subject: Re: zap_page_range(): TLB flush race
To: sct@redhat.com (Stephen C. Tweedie)
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 12:56:59 +0100 (BST)
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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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