On Tue, Apr 22, 2014 at 4:35 PM, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I just noticed this:
>
> #define _PAGE_TABLE (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_USER | \
> _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY)
> #define _KERNPG_TABLE (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_ACCESSED | \
> _PAGE_DIRTY)
>
> Is there a reason we set _PAGE_DIRTY for page tables? It has no
> function, but doesn't do any harm either (the dirty bit is ignored for
> page tables)... it just looks funny to me.
I think it just got copied, and at least the A bit does matter even in
page tables (well, it gets updated, I don't know how much that
"matters"). So the fact that D is ignored is actually the odd man out.
Linus
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