Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:42:52 +0100 (BST) | From | Hugh Dickins <> | Subject | Re: ptep_test_and_clear_young() i386 vs. x86_64 |
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On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Slava Abramov wrote: > > Is there any special reason why ptep_test_and_clear_young() > implementation for x86_64 does not call pte_update()?
Because the i386 pte_update is there for CONFIG_PARAVIRT (and a no-op without it), and CONFIG_PARAVIRT is so far peculiar to i386: x86_64 doesn't even define a pte_update to call there.
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