6 files changed, 13 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
index de69fb37c731..a5a7542a8ff3 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c
@@ -457,7 +457,6 @@ void flush_thread(void)
         if (t->flags & _TIF_ABI_PENDING)
                 t->flags ^= (_TIF_ABI_PENDING | _TIF_32BIT);
 #endif
-        kprobe_flush_task(current);
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_SMP
         if (last_task_used_math == current)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/4xx_mmu.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/4xx_mmu.c
index b7bcbc232f39..4d006aa1a0d1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/4xx_mmu.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/4xx_mmu.c
@@ -110,13 +110,11 @@ unsigned long __init mmu_mapin_ram(void)
                 pmd_t *pmdp;
                 unsigned long val = p | _PMD_SIZE_16M | _PAGE_HWEXEC | _PAGE_HWWRITE;
 
-                spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
                 pmdp = pmd_offset(pgd_offset_k(v), v);
                 pmd_val(*pmdp++) = val;
                 pmd_val(*pmdp++) = val;
                 pmd_val(*pmdp++) = val;
                 pmd_val(*pmdp++) = val;
-                spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
 
                 v += LARGE_PAGE_SIZE_16M;
                 p += LARGE_PAGE_SIZE_16M;
@@ -127,10 +125,8 @@ unsigned long __init mmu_mapin_ram(void)
                 pmd_t *pmdp;
                 unsigned long val = p | _PMD_SIZE_4M | _PAGE_HWEXEC | _PAGE_HWWRITE;
 
-                spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
                 pmdp = pmd_offset(pgd_offset_k(v), v);
                 pmd_val(*pmdp) = val;
-                spin_unlock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
 
                 v += LARGE_PAGE_SIZE_4M;
                 p += LARGE_PAGE_SIZE_4M;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 426c269e552e..f867bba893ca 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -287,15 +287,15 @@ static int open_high_hpage_areas(struct mm_struct *mm, u16 newareas)
 
 int prepare_hugepage_range(unsigned long addr, unsigned long len)
 {
-        int err;
+        int err = 0;
 
         if ( (addr+len) < addr )
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        if ((addr + len) < 0x100000000UL)
+        if (addr < 0x100000000UL)
                 err = open_low_hpage_areas(current->mm,
                                           LOW_ESID_MASK(addr, len));
-        else
+        if ((addr + len) >= 0x100000000UL)
                 err = open_high_hpage_areas(current->mm,
                                             HTLB_AREA_MASK(addr, len));
         if (err) {
@@ -754,9 +754,7 @@ repeat:
         }
 
         /*
-         * No need to use ldarx/stdcx here because all who
-         * might be updating the pte will hold the
-         * page_table_lock
+         * No need to use ldarx/stdcx here
          */
         *ptep = __pte(new_pte & ~_PAGE_BUSY);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
index 4bd7b0a70996..ed6ed2e30dac 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/mem.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_icache_user_range);
  * We use it to preload an HPTE into the hash table corresponding to
  * the updated linux PTE.
  * 
- * This must always be called with the mm->page_table_lock held
+ * This must always be called with the pte lock held.
  */
 void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
                       pte_t pte)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_32.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_32.c
index 6c3dc3c44c86..ad580f3742e5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_32.c
@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ void flush_tlb_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
                 return;
         }
 
+        /*
+         * It is safe to go down the mm's list of vmas when called
+         * from dup_mmap, holding mmap_sem.  It would also be safe from
+         * unmap_region or exit_mmap, but not from vmtruncate on SMP -
+         * but it seems dup_mmap is the only SMP case which gets here.
+         */
         for (mp = mm->mmap; mp != NULL; mp = mp->vm_next)
                 flush_range(mp->vm_mm, mp->vm_start, mp->vm_end);
         FINISH_FLUSH;
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_64.c
index 53e31b834ace..859d29a0cac5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/tlb_64.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void pte_free_submit(struct pte_freelist_batch *batch)
 
 void pgtable_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pgtable_free_t pgf)
 {
-        /* This is safe as we are holding page_table_lock */
+        /* This is safe since tlb_gather_mmu has disabled preemption */
         cpumask_t local_cpumask = cpumask_of_cpu(smp_processor_id());
         struct pte_freelist_batch **batchp = &__get_cpu_var(pte_freelist_cur);
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void __flush_tlb_pending(struct ppc64_tlb_batch *batch)
 
 void pte_free_finish(void)
 {
-        /* This is safe as we are holding page_table_lock */
+        /* This is safe since tlb_gather_mmu has disabled preemption */
         struct pte_freelist_batch **batchp = &__get_cpu_var(pte_freelist_cur);
 
         if (*batchp == NULL)