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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c6
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c
index ff1811ac6c81..4bee1cfa9dea 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/slb.c
@@ -59,14 +59,12 @@ static inline void slb_shadow_update(unsigned long ea,
{
/*
* Clear the ESID first so the entry is not valid while we are
- * updating it.
+ * updating it. No write barriers are needed here, provided
+ * we only update the current CPU's SLB shadow buffer.
*/
get_slb_shadow()->save_area[entry].esid = 0;
- smp_wmb();
get_slb_shadow()->save_area[entry].vsid = mk_vsid_data(ea, flags);
- smp_wmb();
get_slb_shadow()->save_area[entry].esid = mk_esid_data(ea, entry);
- smp_wmb();
}
static inline void slb_shadow_clear(unsigned long entry)