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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h6
-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c4
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
index c7813dc628fc..59cab558e2f0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
@@ -222,8 +222,10 @@ static inline void radix__set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
* from ptesync, it should probably go into update_mmu_cache, rather
* than set_pte_at (which is used to set ptes unrelated to faults).
*
- * Spurious faults to vmalloc region are not tolerated, so there is
- * a ptesync in flush_cache_vmap.
+ * Spurious faults from the kernel memory are not tolerated, so there
+ * is a ptesync in flush_cache_vmap, and __map_kernel_page() follows
+ * the pte update sequence from ISA Book III 6.10 Translation Table
+ * Update Synchronization Requirements.
*/
}
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
index 8b8f1451e944..55f26c0e389e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int early_map_kernel_page(unsigned long ea, unsigned long pa,
set_the_pte:
set_pte_at(&init_mm, ea, ptep, pfn_pte(pfn, flags));
- smp_wmb();
+ asm volatile("ptesync": : :"memory");
return 0;
}
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static int __map_kernel_page(unsigned long ea, unsigned long pa,
set_the_pte:
set_pte_at(&init_mm, ea, ptep, pfn_pte(pfn, flags));
- smp_wmb();
+ asm volatile("ptesync": : :"memory");
return 0;
}