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SubjectRe: mmu_notifier: invalidate_range for move_page_tables
On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 05:57:25PM -0800, Christoph Lameter wrote:
> Move page tables also needs to invalidate the external references
> and hold new references off while moving page table entries.

I must admit to not having spent any time thinking about this, but aren't
we moving the entries from one set of page tables to the other, leaving
the pte_t entries unchanged. I guess I should go look, but could you
provide a quick pointer in the proper direction as to why we need to
recall externals when the before and after look of these page tables
will have the same information for the TLBs.

Thanks,
Robin


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