linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Remove duplicated code for reading control registers

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Message-ID: <20070313125250.GI10126@redhat.com>
Date:	Tue, 13 Mar 2007 09:52:50 -0300
From:	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <gcosta@...hat.com>
To:	"Randy.Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, andi@...stfloor.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Remove duplicated code for reading control registers

On Tue, Mar 13, 2007 at 05:33:09AM -0700, Randy.Dunlap wrote:
> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Glauber de Oliveira Costa wrote:
> 
> > Tiny cleanup:
> >
> > In x86_64, the same functions for reading cr3 and writing cr{3,4} are
> > defined in tlbflush.h and system.h, whith just a name change.
> > The only difference is the clobbering of memory, which seems a safe, and
> > even needed change for the write_cr4. This patch removes the duplicate.
> > write_cr3() is moved to system.h for consistency.
> 
> missing patch.....
> 
thanks. Attached now

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Glauber de Oliveira Costa
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