On Wed, 2008-01-23 at 09:46 +0100, Andi Kleen wrote: > Harvey Harrison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > nx_enabled can only be set to non-zero when CONFIG_X86_PAE is > > set. The only use not currently inside a CONFIG_X86_PAE block > > is the definition, the declaration and a conditional unlikely > > test in fault_32.c (is_prefetch). > > The variable is pretty useless anyways; it can be probably > replaced with (__supported_pte_mask & _PAGE_NX). Just make > sure that the disable option still works, but that should > be possible with some care. > > So if you feel the need to clean up things here convert it > to using that. That will automatically be optimized away > on !PAE too because _PAGE_NX is 0 there. >
Noted, will do. Harvey -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
