Re: [PATCH v2] X86-32: Allocate 256 bytes for pgd in PAE paging

[H. Peter Anvin]

>> 4*8 = 32 bytes, where did 256 bytes come from?
> 
> You are right. It should be 32 bytes. I will change the wording in future patch. The real calculation in code is right though.

I don't know if it makes sense to round up to a cache line.  My
suspicion is that it won't matter, as these fields will be read-mostly,
on the other hand, wasting 32 bytes isn't exactly a problem, either.

	-hpa


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