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-rw-r--r--include/asm-generic/pgtable.h9
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 349260cd86e..78740716c9e 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -112,8 +112,13 @@ do { \
})
#endif
-#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_CLEAR_FULL
-#define pte_clear_full(__mm, __address, __ptep, __full) \
+/*
+ * Some architectures may be able to avoid expensive synchronization
+ * primitives when modifications are made to PTE's which are already
+ * not present, or in the process of an address space destruction.
+ */
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_CLEAR_NOT_PRESENT_FULL
+#define pte_clear_not_present_full(__mm, __address, __ptep, __full) \
do { \
pte_clear((__mm), (__address), (__ptep)); \
} while (0)