[PATCH 6 of 8] x86: clarify use of _PAGE_CHG_MASK

[Jeremy Fitzhardinge]

_PAGE_CHG_MASK is defined as the set of bits not updated by
pte_modify(); specifically, the pfn itself, and the Accessed and Dirty
bits (which are updated by hardware).

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/asm-x86/pgtable.h |    9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h b/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
--- a/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 #define _KERNPG_TABLE	(_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_ACCESSED |	\
 			 _PAGE_DIRTY)
 
+/* Set of bits not changed in pte_modify */
 #define _PAGE_CHG_MASK	(PTE_MASK | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT |		\
 			 _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_DIRTY)
 


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