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    parisc: Ensure volatile space register %sr1 is not clobbered · e8d8fc21
    John David Anglin authored
    I still see the occasional random segv on rp3440.  Looking at one of
    these (a code 15), it appeared the problem must be with the cache
    handling of anonymous pages.  Reviewing this, I noticed that the space
    register %sr1 might be being clobbered when we flush an anonymous page.
    
    Register %sr1 is used for TLB purges in a couple of places.  These
    purges are needed on PA8800 and PA8900 processors to ensure cache
    consistency of flushed cache lines.
    
    The solution here is simply to move the %sr1 load into the TLB lock
    region needed to ensure that one purge executes at a time on SMP
    systems.  This was already the case for one use.  After a few days of
    operation, I haven't had a random segv on my rp3440.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarJohn David Anglin <dave.anglin@bell.net>
    Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 3.10
    Signed-off-by: default avatarHelge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
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