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Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 23:21:49 +0100
From: "Stephen C. Tweedie" <sct@redhat.com>
Subject: Re: zap_page_range(): TLB flush race
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Hi,

On Sun, Apr 09, 2000 at 12:37:05AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> 
> Basically establish_pte() has to be architecture specific, as some processors
> need different orders either to avoid races or to handle cpu specific
> limitations.

What exactly do different architectures need which set_pte() doesn't 
already allow them to do magic in?  

--Stephen
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