>> +static inline void flush_tlb_mm_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>> + unsigned long start, unsigned long end, unsigned long vmflag)
>> +{
>> + if (vma->vm_mm == current->active_mm)
>> + __flush_tlb();
>> +}
>
> There's a problem with this in one of my randconfig tests. It has
> !CONFIG_SMP and the warning is:
>
> mm/memory.c: In function ‘tlb_flush_mmu’:
> mm/memory.c:230:2: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘flush_tlb_mm_range’ from
> incompatible pointer type
> /usr/src/linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h:108:20: note: expected
> ‘struct vm_area_struct *’ but argument is of type ‘struct mm_struct *’
> mm/memory.c:230:2: warning: passing argument 1 of ‘flush_tlb_mm_range’ from
> incompatible pointer type
> /usr/src/linux-2.6/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h:108:20: note: expected
> ‘struct vm_area_struct *’ but argument is of type ‘struct mm_struct *’
>
>
> Due to the fact that the macro flush_tlb actually resolves to
> flush_tlb_mm_range and this function has a different signature based on
> CONFIG_SMP. On !SMP expects struct vm_area_struct * as a first argument
> but on SMP its first argument is struct mm_struct *.
>
> So two different function signatures based on a config option? Now
> that's a first. What is going on?
Sure, it is a bug, the fix had sent:
https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/7/6/350
>
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