The patch titled
     i386 mtrr: fix PGE mask
has been added to the -mm tree.  Its filename is
     i386-mtrr-fix-pge-mask.patch

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Subject: i386 mtrr: fix PGE mask
From: Brian Gerst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

cr4 is a 32-bit register, so casting the mask to an unsigned char is wrong,
as it clears more than the PGE bit.

Signed-off-by: Brian Gerst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---

 arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c |    2 +-
 arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c~i386-mtrr-fix-pge-mask 
arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c~i386-mtrr-fix-pge-mask
+++ a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cyrix.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static void prepare_set(void)
        /*  Save value of CR4 and clear Page Global Enable (bit 7)  */
        if ( cpu_has_pge ) {
                cr4 = read_cr4();
-               write_cr4(cr4 & (unsigned char) ~(1 << 7));
+               write_cr4(cr4 & ~X86_CR4_PGE);
        }
 
        /*  Disable and flush caches. Note that wbinvd flushes the TLBs as
diff -puN arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c~i386-mtrr-fix-pge-mask 
arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c~i386-mtrr-fix-pge-mask
+++ a/arch/i386/kernel/cpu/mtrr/state.c
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ void set_mtrr_prepare_save(struct set_mt
                /*  Save value of CR4 and clear Page Global Enable (bit 7)  */
                if ( cpu_has_pge ) {
                        ctxt->cr4val = read_cr4();
-                       write_cr4(ctxt->cr4val & (unsigned char) ~(1 << 7));
+                       write_cr4(ctxt->cr4val & ~X86_CR4_PGE);
                }
 
                /*  Disable and flush caches. Note that wbinvd flushes the TLBs 
as
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from [EMAIL PROTECTED] are

i386-mtrr-fix-pge-mask.patch

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