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[PULL,3/4] exec-all: document that tlb_fill can trigger a TLB resize

Message ID 20190211170136.18680-4-richard.henderson@linaro.org
State New
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Series tcg queued patches | expand

Commit Message

Richard Henderson Feb. 11, 2019, 5:01 p.m. UTC 
From: "Emilio G. Cota" <cota@braap.org>


Signed-off-by: Emilio G. Cota <cota@braap.org>

Message-Id: <20190209162745.12668-2-cota@braap.org>
Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <richard.henderson@linaro.org>

---
 include/exec/exec-all.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

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diff --git a/include/exec/exec-all.h b/include/exec/exec-all.h
index aa7b81aaf0..97b90cb0db 100644
--- a/include/exec/exec-all.h
+++ b/include/exec/exec-all.h
@@ -475,6 +475,11 @@  static inline void assert_no_pages_locked(void)
 struct MemoryRegionSection *iotlb_to_section(CPUState *cpu,
                                              hwaddr index, MemTxAttrs attrs);
 
+/*
+ * Note: tlb_fill() can trigger a resize of the TLB. This means that all of the
+ * caller's prior references to the TLB table (e.g. CPUTLBEntry pointers) must
+ * be discarded and looked up again (e.g. via tlb_entry()).
+ */
 void tlb_fill(CPUState *cpu, target_ulong addr, int size,
               MMUAccessType access_type, int mmu_idx, uintptr_t retaddr);