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Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm/autonuma: Switch ppc64 to its own implementeation of saved write

From Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm/autonuma: Switch ppc64 to its own implementeation of saved write
Date 2017-02-14 12:10 +0100
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Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> writes:

> On Thu, 2017-02-09 at 08:30 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> With this our protnone becomes a present pte with READ/WRITE/EXEC bit cleared.
>> By default we also set _PAGE_PRIVILEGED on such pte. This is now used to help
>> us identify a protnone pte that as saved write bit. For such pte, we will
>> clear
>> the _PAGE_PRIVILEGED bit. The pte still remain non-accessible from both user
>> and kernel.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
>
> FWIW I've tested this, so:
>
> Acked-By: Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org>

In future if you've tested something then "Tested-by:" is the right tag
to use.

cheers

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[PATCH 1/2] mm/autonuma: Let architecture override how the write bit should be stashed in a protnone pte. "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-02-09 07:00 +0100
  [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm/autonuma: Switch ppc64 to its own implementeation of saved write "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-02-09 07:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm/autonuma: Switch ppc64 to its own  implementeation of saved write Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> - 2017-02-14 05:00 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm/autonuma: Switch ppc64 to its own implementeation of saved write Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> - 2017-02-14 12:10 +0100
    Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm/autonuma: Switch ppc64 to its own  implementeation of saved write Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> - 2017-02-15 22:50 +0100
      Re: [PATCH 2/2] powerpc/mm/autonuma: Switch ppc64 to its own  implementeation of saved write "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com> - 2017-02-16 03:20 +0100
  Re: [PATCH 1/2] mm/autonuma: Let architecture override how the  write bit should be stashed in a protnone pte. Michael Neuling <mikey@neuling.org> - 2017-02-14 05:00 +0100

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