Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] powerpc: use smp_rmb when looking at deposisted pgtable to store hash index

From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 20 May 2013 09:57:38 +0530

Michael Neuling <[email-masked]> writes:

> Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <[email-masked]>
>> 
>> We need to use smb_rmb when looking at hpte slot array. Otherwise we could
>> reorder the hpte_slot array load bfore even we marked the pmd trans huge.
>
> Does this need to go back into the stable series?
>

No the changes are not yet upstream. hpte_slot_array changes are in the
THP series. I didn't want to post the entire series again with the 
above two patches. 

-aneesh