Re: ptep_test_and_clear_young() i386 vs. x86_64

[Hugh Dickins]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007, Slava Abramov wrote:
> 
> Is there any special reason why ptep_test_and_clear_young()
> implementation for x86_64 does not call pte_update()?

Because the i386 pte_update is there for CONFIG_PARAVIRT (and
a no-op without it), and CONFIG_PARAVIRT is so far peculiar to
i386: x86_64 doesn't even define a pte_update to call there.

Hugh
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