Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262902AbUDOM23 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:28:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262990AbUDOM23 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:28:29 -0400 Received: from magic.adaptec.com ([216.52.22.17]:62925 "EHLO magic.adaptec.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262902AbUDOM22 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Apr 2004 08:28:28 -0400 Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2004 18:02:04 +0530 (IST) From: Nagendra Singh Tomar X-X-Sender: tomar@localhost.localdomain Reply-To: "Tomar, Nagendra" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org cc: "Tomar, Nagendra" Subject: why change_page_attr on x86 uses __flush_tlb_all Message-ID: Organization: Adaptec MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 Apr 2004 12:28:23.0374 (UTC) FILETIME=[24D0DEE0:01C422E5] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 616 Lines: 21 Hi, I would expect __flush_tlb_one (for each page) as a better choice. It'll be nice if someone can hoghlight on why __flush_tlb_all is used. The kernel version I am referring from is 2.4.18-14 Thanx, tomar PS: Please CC to my email-id as I'm not able to access the list. -- You have moved the mouse. Windows must be restarted for the changes to take effect. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/