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author | Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> | 2007-07-17 07:03:03 -0400 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org> | 2007-07-17 13:22:59 -0400 |
commit | f0e47c229b489e37ba7e4159ef7f9cf9ccd44e19 (patch) | |
tree | 52ec70d775bb7f7eafa6863829646ee49cbf427f /include/asm-arm/pgtable.h | |
parent | 5ee403f584a67fb8725cca4d55218925b9295528 (diff) |
mm: remove ptep_establish()
The last user of ptep_establish in mm/ is long gone. Remove the architecture
primitive as well.
Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-arm/pgtable.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/asm-arm/pgtable.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/pgtable.h b/include/asm-arm/pgtable.h index cb4c2c9d000a..d2e8171d1d4e 100644 --- a/include/asm-arm/pgtable.h +++ b/include/asm-arm/pgtable.h | |||
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ | |||
83 | * means that a write to a clean page will cause a permission fault, and | 83 | * means that a write to a clean page will cause a permission fault, and |
84 | * the Linux MM layer will mark the page dirty via handle_pte_fault(). | 84 | * the Linux MM layer will mark the page dirty via handle_pte_fault(). |
85 | * For the hardware to notice the permission change, the TLB entry must | 85 | * For the hardware to notice the permission change, the TLB entry must |
86 | * be flushed, and ptep_establish() does that for us. | 86 | * be flushed, and ptep_set_access_flags() does that for us. |
87 | * | 87 | * |
88 | * The "accessed" or "young" bit is emulated by a similar method; we only | 88 | * The "accessed" or "young" bit is emulated by a similar method; we only |
89 | * allow accesses to the page if the "young" bit is set. Accesses to the | 89 | * allow accesses to the page if the "young" bit is set. Accesses to the |
90 | * page will cause a fault, and handle_pte_fault() will set the young bit | 90 | * page will cause a fault, and handle_pte_fault() will set the young bit |
91 | * for us as long as the page is marked present in the corresponding Linux | 91 | * for us as long as the page is marked present in the corresponding Linux |
92 | * PTE entry. Again, ptep_establish() will ensure that the TLB is up to | 92 | * PTE entry. Again, ptep_set_access_flags() will ensure that the TLB is |
93 | * date. | 93 | * up to date. |
94 | * | 94 | * |
95 | * However, when the "young" bit is cleared, we deny access to the page | 95 | * However, when the "young" bit is cleared, we deny access to the page |
96 | * by clearing the hardware PTE. Currently Linux does not flush the TLB | 96 | * by clearing the hardware PTE. Currently Linux does not flush the TLB |