Remove bogus reference to "Pentium-II erratum A13" and point to the
actual canonical source of information about what requirements x86
processors have for PAE pagetable updates.
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---
include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h | 6 ++++--
include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h | 6 ++++--
2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h b/include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h
--- a/include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h
@@ -87,8 +87,10 @@ static inline void pud_populate(struct m
set_pud(pudp, __pud(__pa(pmd) | _PAGE_PRESENT));
/*
- * Pentium-II erratum A13: in PAE mode we explicitly have to flush
- * the TLB via cr3 if the top-level pgd is changed...
+ * According to Intel App note "TLBs, Paging-Structure Caches,
+ * and Their Invalidation", April 2007, document 317080-001,
+ * section 8.1: in PAE mode we explicitly have to flush the
+ * TLB via cr3 if the top-level pgd is changed...
*/
if (mm == current->active_mm)
write_cr3(read_cr3());
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h b/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h
--- a/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h
@@ -98,8 +98,10 @@ static inline void pud_clear(pud_t *pudp
set_pud(pudp, __pud(0));
/*
- * Pentium-II erratum A13: in PAE mode we explicitly have to flush
- * the TLB via cr3 if the top-level pgd is changed...
+ * According to Intel App note "TLBs, Paging-Structure Caches,
+ * and Their Invalidation", April 2007, document 317080-001,
+ * 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.
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