Re: 2.6.13-rc3-mm3

From: Christoph Lameter
Date: Mon Aug 01 2005 - 18:18:05 EST


On Tue, 2 Aug 2005, Richard Purdie wrote:

> > + update_mmu_cache(vma, address, entry);
> > + lazy_mmu_prot_update(entry);
> > +#endif
>
> This locks the system up after the "INIT: version 2.86 booting" message.
> SysRq still responds but that's about it.

Hmmm. this should have returned the behavior to normal. Ah. Need to use
new_entry instead of entry. Try this (is there any way that I could get
access to the sytem? I am on IRC (freenode.net nick o-o) or on skype).

Index: linux-2.6.13-rc4-mm1/mm/memory.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.13-rc4-mm1.orig/mm/memory.c 2005-08-01 16:11:45.000000000 -0700
+++ linux-2.6.13-rc4-mm1/mm/memory.c 2005-08-01 16:15:35.000000000 -0700
@@ -2094,6 +2094,7 @@
entry = pte_mkdirty(entry);
}

+#ifdef CONFIG_ATOMIC_TABLE_OPS
/*
* If the cmpxchg fails then another processor may have done
* the changes for us. If not then another fault will bring
@@ -2106,6 +2107,11 @@
} else {
inc_page_state(cmpxchg_fail_flag_update);
}
+#else
+ ptep_set_access_flags(vma, address, pte, new_entry, write_access);
+ update_mmu_cache(vma, address, new_entry);
+ lazy_mmu_prot_update(new_entry);
+#endif

pte_unmap(pte);
page_table_atomic_stop(mm);
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