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[PATCH] x86_64: Fix some comments in tlbflush.h

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Were either outdated or misleading.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
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Andi Kleen 2005-07-28 21:15:35 -07:00 committed by Linus Torvalds
parent ef4d7cbea7
commit d970a52180
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include/asm-x86_64/tlbflush.h
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@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ extern unsigned long pgkern_mask;
* - flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, end) flushes a range of kernel pages
* - flush_tlb_pgtables(mm, start, end) flushes a range of page tables
*
* ..but the x86_64 has somewhat limited tlb flushing capabilities,
* and page-granular flushes are available only on i486 and up.
* x86-64 can only flush individual pages or full VMs. For a range flush
* we always do the full VM. Might be worth trying if for a small
* range a few INVLPGs in a row are a win.
*/
#ifndef CONFIG_SMP
@ -115,7 +116,9 @@ static inline void flush_tlb_range(struct vm_area_struct * vma, unsigned long st
static inline void flush_tlb_pgtables(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
/* x86_64 does not keep any page table caches in TLB */
/* x86_64 does not keep any page table caches in a software TLB.
The CPUs do in their hardware TLBs, but they are handled
by the normal TLB flushing algorithms. */
}
#endif /* _X8664_TLBFLUSH_H */