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Subject[PATCH] [1/2] Fix some inaccurate comments in MTRR checking code
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- is_cpu(INTEL) actually refers only to the MTRR architecture
and all AMD CPUs since K7 use the Intel MTRR architecture so the
fixup code runs on AMD too. Remove a comment claiming otherwise.

[Perhaps is_cpu should be renamed, the name is clearly confusing]

- Clarify another incorrect comment.

Cc: davej@codemonkey.org.uk
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>

---
arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/main.c
@@ -640,6 +640,8 @@ early_param("disable_mtrr_trim", disable
* Some buggy BIOSes don't setup the MTRRs properly for systems with certain
* memory configurations. This routine checks to make sure the MTRRs having
* a write back type cover all of the memory the kernel is intending to use.
+ * [AK: actually it doesn't check that. It just checks that the highest
+ * MTRR is matching the end of memory. That is not quite the same.]
* If not, it'll trim any memory off the end by adjusting end_pfn, removing
* it from the kernel's allocation pools, warning the user with an obnoxious
* message.
@@ -649,7 +651,6 @@ void __init mtrr_trim_uncached_memory(vo
unsigned long i, base, size, highest_addr = 0, def, dummy;
mtrr_type type;

- /* Make sure we only trim uncachable memory on Intel machines */
rdmsr(MTRRdefType_MSR, def, dummy);
def &= 0xff;
if (!is_cpu(INTEL) || disable_mtrr_trim || def != MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE)

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