linux-kernel - Re: preempt bug in set_pmd

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Date:	Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:19:36 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: preempt bug in set_pmd_pfn?

Andi Kleen wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 March 2008 01:07:11 Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote:
>   
>> Andi Kleen wrote:
>>     
>>>> Won't this leave a stale tlb on the old processor?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> __set_fixmap should be only used in early boot, so it's always
>>> on CPU 0
>>>       
>> vdso32-setup.c:map_compat_vdso() uses it to create the compat vdso 
>> mapping, which typically happens on the first execve(),
>>     
>
> First execve for 32bit binaries?
>   

Yes, 32-bit kernel.

> Anyways __set_fixmap is __init and at the first  execve (unless you have initramfs) 
> init.text should be already freed.

No, its not __init.  If it were I don't think there would have been much 
booting going on for the last few months.

    J
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