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Clarify PTE update text #23

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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions svadu.adoc
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Expand Up @@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ A/D bits. The A and D bits are managed by these extensions as follows:
PTE updates caused by an explicit or an implicit memory accesses. +
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The PTE update must be atomic with respect to other accesses to the PTE, and
must atomically check that the PTE is valid and grants sufficient permissions
as part of conditionally making the update. Updates of the A bit may be
must atomically perform all tablewalk checks for that leaf PTE as part of, and
before, conditionally updating the PTE value. Updates of the A bit may be
performed as a result of speculation, even if the associated memory access
ultimately is not performed architecturally. However, updates to the D bit,
resulting from an explicit store, must be exact (i.e., non-speculative), and
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