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powerpc/fsl-booke: Fix problem with _tlbil_va being interrupted

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An example calling sequence which we did see:

copy_user_highpage -> kmap_atomic -> flush_tlb_page -> _tlbil_va

We got interrupted after setting up the MAS registers before the
tlbwe and the interrupt handler that caused the interrupt also did
a kmap_atomic (ide code) and thus on returning from the interrupt
the MAS registers no longer contained the proper values.

Since we dont save/restore MAS registers for normal interrupts we
need to disable interrupts in _tlbil_va to ensure atomicity.

Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <galak@kernel.crashing.org>
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Kumar Gala 2008-12-13 17:01:37 -06:00
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@ -479,6 +479,8 @@ _GLOBAL(_tlbil_pid)
* (no broadcast)
*/
_GLOBAL(_tlbil_va)
mfmsr r10
wrteei 0
slwi r4,r4,16
mtspr SPRN_MAS6,r4 /* assume AS=0 for now */
tlbsx 0,r3
@ -490,6 +492,7 @@ _GLOBAL(_tlbil_va)
tlbwe
msync
isync
wrtee r10
blr
#endif /* CONFIG_FSL_BOOKE */