linux-kernel - [PATCH] powerpc/603: Remove outdated comment

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Date:   Mon, 31 Jan 2022 07:15:12 +0000
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
CC:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org" <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/603: Remove outdated comment

Since commit 84de6ab0e904 ("powerpc/603: don't handle PAGE_ACCESSED
in TLB miss handlers.") page table is not updated anymore by
TLB miss handlers.

Remove the comment.

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/head_book3s_32.S | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_book3s_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_book3s_32.S
index 937c79b8ad0f..6c739beb938c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_book3s_32.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_book3s_32.S
@@ -501,10 +501,6 @@ DataLoadTLBMiss:
 	lwz	r0,0(r2)		/* get linux-style pte */
 	andc.	r1,r1,r0		/* check access & ~permission */
 	bne-	DataAddressInvalid	/* return if access not permitted */
-	/*
-	 * NOTE! We are assuming this is not an SMP system, otherwise
-	 * we would need to update the pte atomically with lwarx/stwcx.
-	 */
 	/* Convert linux-style PTE to low word of PPC-style PTE */
 	rlwinm	r1,r0,32-9,30,30	/* _PAGE_RW -> PP msb */
 	rlwimi	r0,r0,32-1,30,30	/* _PAGE_USER -> PP msb */
@@ -585,10 +581,6 @@ DataStoreTLBMiss:
 	lwz	r0,0(r2)		/* get linux-style pte */
 	andc.	r1,r1,r0		/* check access & ~permission */
 	bne-	DataAddressInvalid	/* return if access not permitted */
-	/*
-	 * NOTE! We are assuming this is not an SMP system, otherwise
-	 * we would need to update the pte atomically with lwarx/stwcx.
-	 */
 	/* Convert linux-style PTE to low word of PPC-style PTE */
 	rlwimi	r0,r0,32-2,31,31	/* _PAGE_USER -> PP lsb */
 	li	r1,0xe06		/* clear out reserved bits & PP msb */
-- 
2.33.1