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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-07-27 13:35:35 +0300
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>2016-07-27 13:35:35 +0300
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Merge branch 'linus' into x86/microcode, to pick up merge window changes
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ memory, it has two choices:
from areas other than the one we are trying to flush will be
destroyed and must be refilled later, at some cost.
2. Use the invlpg instruction to invalidate a single page at a
- time. This could potentialy cost many more instructions, but
+ time. This could potentially cost many more instructions, but
it is a much more precise operation, causing no collateral
damage to other TLB entries.
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Which method to do depends on a few things:
work.
3. The size of the TLB. The larger the TLB, the more collateral
damage we do with a full flush. So, the larger the TLB, the
- more attrative an individual flush looks. Data and
+ more attractive an individual flush looks. Data and
instructions have separate TLBs, as do different page sizes.
4. The microarchitecture. The TLB has become a multi-level
cache on modern CPUs, and the global flushes have become more