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x86: update reference for PAE tlb flushing
authorJeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:48:02 +0000 (16:48 +0100)
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Mon, 4 Feb 2008 15:48:02 +0000 (16:48 +0100)
Remove bogus reference to "Pentium-II erratum A13" and point to the
actual canonical source of information about what requirements x86
processors have for PAE pagetable updates.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@xensource.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h
include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h

index 7641e7b5d931a8fe304eeb4c99f11596f5381216..6c21ef951dab3283138c9ce06d1bb9d1048271e5 100644 (file)
@@ -80,8 +80,10 @@ static inline void pud_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pudp, pmd_t *pmd)
        set_pud(pudp, __pud(__pa(pmd) | _PAGE_PRESENT));
 
        /*
-        * Pentium-II erratum A13: in PAE mode we explicitly have to flush
-        * the TLB via cr3 if the top-level pgd is changed...
+        * According to Intel App note "TLBs, Paging-Structure Caches,
+        * and Their Invalidation", April 2007, document 317080-001,
+        * section 8.1: in PAE mode we explicitly have to flush the
+        * TLB via cr3 if the top-level pgd is changed...
         */
        if (mm == current->active_mm)
                write_cr3(read_cr3());
index ad71960bca3acc9ac0fb803db76c3a412aa605a4..1d763eec740ff882c329889db1a9ae7006ac8817 100644 (file)
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ static inline void pud_clear(pud_t *pudp)
        set_pud(pudp, __pud(0));
 
        /*
-        * Pentium-II erratum A13: in PAE mode we explicitly have to flush
-        * the TLB via cr3 if the top-level pgd is changed...
+        * According to Intel App note "TLBs, Paging-Structure Caches,
+        * and Their Invalidation", April 2007, document 317080-001,
+        * 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.