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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c7
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 119d18611500..7372ee13eb1e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -81,6 +81,13 @@ static int __hugepte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, hugepd_t *hpdp,
if (! new)
return -ENOMEM;
+ /*
+ * Make sure other cpus find the hugepd set only after a
+ * properly initialized page table is visible to them.
+ * For more details look for comment in __pte_alloc().
+ */
+ smp_wmb();
+
spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_FSL_BOOK3E
/*