[PATCH 1/2] powerpc/mm/radix: Properly clear process table entry

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Mon Jul 10 20:36:08 AEST 2017


Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org> writes:

> On Mon, 2017-07-10 at 13:51 +1000, Michael Ellerman wrote:
>> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org> writes:
>> 
>> > On radix, the process table entry we want to clear when
>> > destroying a context is entry 0, not entry 1
>> 
>> .. but has no real world consequence? Or causes the system to instantly
>> catch fire?
>
> It has no *immediate* consequence on P9 , but it can cause other bugs
> to become worse (such as the KVM issue I'm chasing).

OK, I'll flag it for stable then to be safe.

cheers


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