Re: [PATCH][2.5] replace flush_map() in arch/i386/mm/pageattr.c with flush_tlb_all()

From: Thomas Schlichter (schlicht@uni-mannheim.de)
Date: Thu Feb 20 2003 - 15:30:55 EST

On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 21:36, Dave Jones wrote:
> This looks bogus. You're killing the wbinvd() in flush_kernel_map() which
> is needed.

I must admit I don't exactly know the wbinvd() command, but as the comment
says:
  /* Could use CLFLUSH here if the CPU supports it (Hammer,P4) */

I thought it is not NEEDED, just a COULD...

  Thomas

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