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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-generic/pgtable.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h index 349260cd86ed..78740716c9e7 100644 --- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h +++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h @@ -112,8 +112,13 @@ do { \ }) #endif -#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_CLEAR_FULL -#define pte_clear_full(__mm, __address, __ptep, __full) \ +/* + * Some architectures may be able to avoid expensive synchronization + * primitives when modifications are made to PTE's which are already + * not present, or in the process of an address space destruction. + */ +#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_CLEAR_NOT_PRESENT_FULL +#define pte_clear_not_present_full(__mm, __address, __ptep, __full) \ do { \ pte_clear((__mm), (__address), (__ptep)); \ } while (0) |