On Tue, 2016-05-04 at 19:05:47 UTC, Sukadev Bhattiprolu wrote: > >From f7b73c6b4508fe9b141a43d92be2f9dd7d3c4a58 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2016 02:07:57 -0400 > Subject: [PATCH 1/1] powerpc/mm: Add memory barrier in __hugepte_alloc() > > __hugepte_alloc() uses kmem_cache_zalloc() to allocate a zeroed PTE > and proceeds to use the newly allocated PTE. Add a memory barrier to > make sure that the other CPUs see a properly initialized PTE. > > Based on a fix suggested by James Dykman. > > Reported-by: James Dykman <jdykman@xxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Tested-by: James Dykman <jdykman@xxxxxxxxxx> Applied to powerpc next, thanks. https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/0eab46be21449f1612791201aa cheers -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>