Re: [PATCH]: load_mmu for SMP systems

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Ralf Baechle wrote:
> 
> > TLB flush routines that have loops running up to tlbsize will lose if
> > it's not set properly on all CPUs!
> 
> Yeah, they're going to be sort of slow.  There must be a reason for all
> those GHz processors ;-)

Um, it was worse than that if (for example) a complete TLB flush has a
"for (i=0; i<0; i++)" loop around it.  My board was experiencing
occasional userland segfaults thanks to bogus TLB flushing.

Kip



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