Re: [PATCH] Make interrupt handler works for all cases

[Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>]

Franck Bui-Huu wrote:
> 2006/5/2, Thiemo Seufer <ths@networkno.de>:
> >Franck Bui-Huu wrote:
> >> 2006/5/2, Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>:
> >> >On Tue, May 02, 2006 at 09:55:51AM +0200, Franck Bui-Huu wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> specially when the kernel is mapped.
> >> >
> >> >At which time you're on very fragile ice because TLB instructions should
> >> >better be executed from an unmapped address ...
> >> >
> >>
> >> well TLB entry used by the kernel is wired, so it should work fined,
> >> shouldn't it ?
> >
> >The architecture spec doesn't guarantee it will.
> 
> having a quick look at the TLB handling code, it seems that the code
> assumes it will...

I don't know which code you are looking at, but the kernel's TLB
handling doesn't run in mapped space. (The ip27 is an exception,
I assume the R1x000 allows for mapped TLB handling.)


Thiemo