[PATCH v12 01/11] mm/page_table_check: Reinstate address parameter in [__]page_table_check_pud_set()

Pasha Tatashin pasha.tatashin at soleen.com
Thu Apr 4 10:17:48 AEDT 2024


On Tue, Apr 2, 2024 at 1:11 AM Rohan McLure <rmclure at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> This reverts commit 6d144436d954 ("mm/page_table_check: remove unused
> parameter in [__]page_table_check_pud_set").
>
> Reinstate previously unused parameters for the purpose of supporting
> powerpc platforms, as many do not encode user/kernel ownership of the
> page in the pte, but instead in the address of the access.
>
> riscv: Respect change to delete mm, addr parameters from __set_pte_at()
>
> This commit also changed calls to __set_pte_at() to use fewer parameters
> on riscv. Keep that change rather than reverting it, as the signature of
> __set_pte_at() is changed in a different commit.
>
> Signed-off-by: Rohan McLure <rmclure at linux.ibm.com>

Reviewed-by: Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin at soleen.com>

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Pasha


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