4 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 426c269e552..9250f14be8e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -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 4bd7b0a7099..ed6ed2e30da 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 6c3dc3c44c8..ad580f3742e 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 53e31b834ac..859d29a0cac 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)