linux-kernel - [PATCH v6 1/7] x86/tlb: unify TLB_FLUSH

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Message-Id: <1337233375-840-2-git-send-email-alex.shi@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 17 May 2012 13:42:49 +0800
From:	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
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Subject: [PATCH v6 1/7] x86/tlb: unify TLB_FLUSH_ALL definition

32bits kernel is using ILP32 model. 64 bits kernel is using LP64 model.
So, here TLB_FLUSH_ALL can be defined as '-1UL', that fit in both
x86_32/x86_64 mode.

Thanks for Rob Landley and Peter Avin's infos

http://www.unix.org/whitepapers/64bit.html
http://www.unix.org/version2/whatsnew/lp64_wp.html

Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h |    6 +-----
 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
index c0e108e..7e8a096 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
@@ -62,11 +62,7 @@ static inline void __flush_tlb_one(unsigned long addr)
 		__flush_tlb();
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
-# define TLB_FLUSH_ALL	0xffffffff
-#else
-# define TLB_FLUSH_ALL	-1ULL
-#endif
+#define TLB_FLUSH_ALL	-1UL
 
 /*
  * TLB flushing:
-- 
1.7.5.4

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