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| author |   Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> | 2005-09-03 15:54:57 -0700 |
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| committer |   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@evo.osdl.org> | 2005-09-05 00:05:45 -0700 |
| commit | 9b4ee40ebbbaf3f8c775b023d89ceedda1167d79 (patch) | |
| tree | e227c96cf51beaa942fefa64277618e5cfc71217 /include/asm-i386 | |
| parent | [PATCH] mm: remove implied vm_ops check (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-9b4ee40ebbbaf3f8c775b023d89ceedda1167d79.tar.xz linux-dev-9b4ee40ebbbaf3f8c775b023d89ceedda1167d79.zip | |
[PATCH] mm: correct _PAGE_FILE comment
_PAGE_FILE does not indicate whether a file is in page / swap cache, it is
set just for non-linear PTE's. Correct the comment for i386, x86_64, UML.
Also clearify _PAGE_NONE.
Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-i386')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-i386/pgtable.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h b/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h index 77c6497f416e..c797286b512f 100644 --- a/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h +++ b/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h @@ -86,9 +86,7 @@ void paging_init(void); #endif /* - * The 4MB page is guessing.. Detailed in the infamous "Chapter H" - * of the Pentium details, but assuming intel did the straightforward - * thing, this bit set in the page directory entry just means that + * _PAGE_PSE set in the page directory entry just means that * the page directory entry points directly to a 4MB-aligned block of * memory. */ @@ -119,8 +117,10 @@ void paging_init(void); #define _PAGE_UNUSED2 0x400 #define _PAGE_UNUSED3 0x800 -#define _PAGE_FILE 0x040 /* set:pagecache unset:swap */ -#define _PAGE_PROTNONE 0x080 /* If not present */ +/* If _PAGE_PRESENT is clear, we use these: */ +#define _PAGE_FILE 0x040 /* nonlinear file mapping, saved PTE; unset:swap */ +#define _PAGE_PROTNONE 0x080 /* if the user mapped it with PROT_NONE; + pte_present gives true */ #ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAE #define _PAGE_NX (1ULL<<_PAGE_BIT_NX) #else |