[PATCH] powerpc: Fix ppc32 mm_struct CPU tracking in SMP

Benjamin Herrenschmidt benh at kernel.crashing.org
Fri Nov 28 17:05:05 EST 2008


The 32-bit hash code didn't need it so far so we don't update
mm->cpu_vm_mask on context switch. This however breaks the
merge of the RCU based page table freeing and other upcoming
32-bit embedded SMP work.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
---

 arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h |    3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

--- linux-476.orig/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h	2008-11-28 15:46:39.000000000 +1100
+++ linux-476/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h	2008-11-28 16:59:06.000000000 +1100
@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_s
 
 	tsk->thread.pgdir = next->pgd;
 
+	if (!cpu_isset(smp_processor_id(), next->cpu_vm_mask))
+		cpu_set(smp_processor_id(), next->cpu_vm_mask);
+
 	/* No need to flush userspace segments if the mm doesnt change */
 	if (prev == next)
 		return;



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