Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 00:00:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 00:00:25 -0400 Received: from host186-15.discord.birch.net ([65.16.186.15]:62180 "EHLO inspiron.random") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 14 Jun 2002 00:00:25 -0400 Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 06:00:25 +0200 From: Andrea Arcangeli To: Benjamin LaHaise Cc: Andi Kleen , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Richard Brunner , mark.langsdorf@amd.com Subject: Re: New version of pageattr caching conflict fix for 2.4 Message-ID: <20020614040025.GA2093@inspiron.birch.net> In-Reply-To: <20020613221533.A2544@wotan.suse.de> <20020613210339.B21542@redhat.com> <20020614032429.A19018@wotan.suse.de> <20020613213724.C21542@redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.27i X-GnuPG-Key-URL: http://e-mind.com/~andrea/aa.gnupg.asc X-PGP-Key-URL: http://e-mind.com/~andrea/aa.asc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 13, 2002 at 09:37:24PM -0400, Benjamin LaHaise wrote: > On Fri, Jun 14, 2002 at 03:24:29AM +0200, Andi Kleen wrote: > > > This version is missing a few of the fixes included in my version: > > > it doesn't properly flush global tlb entries, or update the page > > > > Sure it does. INVLPG (__flush_tlb_one) flushes global entries. > > It failed to do so in my testing. The only safe way of flushing just a fast comment on this bit: x86 specs state invlpg must flush global entries from the tlb too, see also the kmap_prot as pratical reference. Andrea - 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/