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    powerpc/mm: Add Strong Access Ordering support · ef3d3246
    Dave Kleikamp authored
    Allow an application to enable Strong Access Ordering on specific pages of
    memory on Power 7 hardware. Currently, power has a weaker memory model than
    x86. Implementing a stronger memory model allows an emulator to more
    efficiently translate x86 code into power code, resulting in faster code
    execution.
    
    On Power 7 hardware, storing 0b1110 in the WIMG bits of the hpte enables
    strong access ordering mode for the memory page.  This patchset allows a
    user to specify which pages are thus enabled by passing a new protection
    bit through mmap() and mprotect().  I have defined PROT_SAO to be 0x10.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarDave Kleikamp <shaggy@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
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