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Kernel v2.6.24 /Documentation/cachetlb.txt

Filename:/Documentation/cachetlb.txt
Lines Added:2
Lines Deleted:31
Also changed in: (Previous) 2.6.24-rc8  2.6.24-rc7  2.6.24-rc6  2.6.24-rc5  2.6.24-rc4  2.6.24-rc3 
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diff --git a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt
index 866b761..da42ab4 100644
--- a/Documentation/cachetlb.txt
+++ b/Documentation/cachetlb.txt
@@ -87,30 +87,7 @@ changes occur:
 
    This is used primarily during fault processing.
 
-5) void flush_tlb_pgtables(struct mm_struct *mm,
-            unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
-
-   The software page tables for address space 'mm' for virtual
-   addresses in the range 'start' to 'end-1' are being torn down.
-
-   Some platforms cache the lowest level of the software page tables
-   in a linear virtually mapped array, to make TLB miss processing
-   more efficient.  On such platforms, since the TLB is caching the
-   software page table structure, it needs to be flushed when parts
-   of the software page table tree are unlinked/freed.
-
-   Sparc64 is one example of a platform which does this.
-
-   Usually, when munmap()'ing an area of user virtual address
-   space, the kernel leaves the page table parts around and just
-   marks the individual pte's as invalid.  However, if very large
-   portions of the address space are unmapped, the kernel frees up
-   those portions of the software page tables to prevent potential
-   excessive kernel memory usage caused by erratic mmap/mmunmap
-   sequences.  It is at these times that flush_tlb_pgtables will
-   be invoked.
-
-6) void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+5) void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
           unsigned long address, pte_t pte)
 
    At the end of every page fault, this routine is invoked to
@@ -123,7 +100,7 @@ changes occur:
    translations for software managed TLB configurations.
    The sparc64 port currently does this.
 
-7) void tlb_migrate_finish(struct mm_struct *mm)
+6) void tlb_migrate_finish(struct mm_struct *mm)
 
    This interface is called at the end of an explicit
    process migration. This interface provides a hook
@@ -133,12 +110,6 @@ changes occur:
    The ia64 sn2 platform is one example of a platform
    that uses this interface.
 
-8) void lazy_mmu_prot_update(pte_t pte)
-   This interface is called whenever the protection on
-   any user PTEs change.  This interface provides a notification
-   to architecture specific code to take appropriate action.
-
-
 Next, we have the cache flushing interfaces.  In general, when Linux
 is changing an existing virtual-->physical mapping to a new value,
 the sequence will be in one of the following forms:


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