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| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c index bf9605caf24f..b67545baf697 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c @@ -493,10 +493,10 @@ static inline void cr4_update_pce_mm(struct mm_struct *mm) { } #endif /* - * The "prev" argument passed by the caller does not always match CR3. For - * example, the scheduler passes in active_mm when switching from lazy TLB mode - * to normal mode, but switch_mm_irqs_off() can be called from x86 code without - * updating active_mm. Use cpu_tlbstate.loaded_mm instead. + * This optimizes when not actually switching mm's. Some architectures use the + * 'unused' argument for this optimization, but x86 must use + * 'cpu_tlbstate.loaded_mm' instead because it does not always keep + * 'current->active_mm' up to date. */ void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *unused, struct mm_struct *next, struct task_struct *tsk) |