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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2011-05-14 12:06:36 +0200
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2011-05-14 12:06:36 +0200
commita18f22a968de17b29f2310cdb7ba69163e65ec15 (patch)
treea7d56d88fad5e444d7661484109758a2f436129e /arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
parenta1c57e0fec53defe745e64417eacdbd3618c3e66 (diff)
parent798778b8653f64b7b2162ac70eca10367cff6ce8 (diff)
Merge branch 'consolidate-clksrc-i8253' of master.kernel.org:~rmk/linux-2.6-arm into timers/clocksource
Conflicts: arch/ia64/kernel/cyclone.c arch/mips/kernel/i8253.c arch/x86/kernel/i8253.c Reason: Resolve conflicts so further cleanups do not conflict further Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h11
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