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author | Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> | 2008-02-04 10:48:02 -0500 |
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committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-02-04 10:48:02 -0500 |
commit | f5430f93257d336346a9018c915e879ce43f5f89 (patch) | |
tree | 77f896b31b405801c6869694fb6c1eccc4b680c1 /include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h | |
parent | edd6bcd8209c31b91e1fbc112a756475091c483d (diff) |
x86: update reference for PAE tlb flushing
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h')
-rw-r--r-- | include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h | 6 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h b/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h index ad71960bca3a..1d763eec740f 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h | |||
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ static inline void pud_clear(pud_t *pudp) | |||
98 | set_pud(pudp, __pud(0)); | 98 | set_pud(pudp, __pud(0)); |
99 | 99 | ||
100 | /* | 100 | /* |
101 | * Pentium-II erratum A13: in PAE mode we explicitly have to flush | 101 | * According to Intel App note "TLBs, Paging-Structure Caches, |
102 | * the TLB via cr3 if the top-level pgd is changed... | 102 | * and Their Invalidation", April 2007, document 317080-001, |
103 | * section 8.1: in PAE mode we explicitly have to flush the | ||
104 | * TLB via cr3 if the top-level pgd is changed... | ||
103 | * | 105 | * |
104 | * Make sure the pud entry we're updating is within the | 106 | * Make sure the pud entry we're updating is within the |
105 | * current pgd to avoid unnecessary TLB flushes. | 107 | * current pgd to avoid unnecessary TLB flushes. |