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| author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-03-18 10:45:21 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2011-03-18 10:45:21 -0700 |
| commit | f2e1fbb5f2177227f71c4fc0491e531dd7acd385 (patch) | |
| tree | c45485e3cd8a04f78184ef3bd9ce6972c74ac834 /arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h | |
| parent | 508996b6a0ef0c7aa7701995d137e71c56180752 (diff) | |
| parent | 4981d01eada5354d81c8929d5b2836829ba3df7b (diff) | |
Merge branch 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'x86-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip:
x86: Flush TLB if PGD entry is changed in i386 PAE mode
x86, dumpstack: Correct stack dump info when frame pointer is available
x86: Clean up csum-copy_64.S a bit
x86: Fix common misspellings
x86: Fix misspelling and align params
x86: Use PentiumPro-optimized partial_csum() on VIA C7
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h index 94b979d1b58..effff47a3c8 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h @@ -69,8 +69,6 @@ static inline void native_pmd_clear(pmd_t *pmd) static inline void pud_clear(pud_t *pudp) { - unsigned long pgd; - set_pud(pudp, __pud(0)); /* @@ -79,13 +77,10 @@ static inline void pud_clear(pud_t *pudp) * section 8.1: in PAE mode we explicitly have to flush the * TLB via cr3 if the top-level pgd is changed... * - * Make sure the pud entry we're updating is within the - * current pgd to avoid unnecessary TLB flushes. + * Currently all places where pud_clear() is called either have + * flush_tlb_mm() followed or don't need TLB flush (x86_64 code or + * pud_clear_bad()), so we don't need TLB flush here. */ - pgd = read_cr3(); - if (__pa(pudp) >= pgd && __pa(pudp) < - (pgd + sizeof(pgd_t)*PTRS_PER_PGD)) - write_cr3(pgd); } #ifdef CONFIG_SMP |