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[Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] resolve a race in tlb_track_search_and_remove()

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Subject: [Xen-ia64-devel] [PATCH] resolve a race in tlb_track_search_and_remove()
From: Isaku Yamahata <yamahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 12:02:41 +0900
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resolve a race in tlb_track_search_and_remove()
When tlb_track_search_and_remove() is about to remove a found entry,
another cpu might update p2m entry and insert the entry right before that.
It must be aware of it.

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yamahata

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