linux-kernel - [RFC/PATCH 1/12] remove frv usage of flush_tlb

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Date:	Tue, 07 Aug 2007 17:19:46 +1000
From:	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
To:	Linux Memory Management <linux-mm@...ck.org>
CC:	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC/PATCH 1/12] remove frv usage of flush_tlb_pgtables()

frv is the last user in the tree of that dubious hook, and it's my
understanding that it's not even needed. It's only called by memory.c
free_pgd_range() which is always called within an mmu_gather, and
tlb_flush() on frv will do a flush_tlb_mm(), which from my reading
of the code, seems to do what flush_tlb_ptables() does, which is
to clear the cached PGE.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
---

 include/asm-frv/tlbflush.h |    3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

Index: linux-work/include/asm-frv/tlbflush.h
===================================================================
--- linux-work.orig/include/asm-frv/tlbflush.h	2007-07-27 09:40:38.000000000 +1000
+++ linux-work/include/asm-frv/tlbflush.h	2007-07-27 09:43:17.000000000 +1000
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ do {								\
 #define __flush_tlb_global()			flush_tlb_all()
 #define flush_tlb()				flush_tlb_all()
 #define flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, end)	flush_tlb_all()
-#define flush_tlb_pgtables(mm,start,end) \
-	asm volatile("movgs %0,scr0 ! movgs %0,scr1" :: "r"(ULONG_MAX) : "memory");
+#define flush_tlb_pgtables(mm,start,end)	do { } while(0)
 
 #else
 
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