[PATCH v8 03/14] powerpc/vas: Define nx_fault_stamp in coprocessor_request_block

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Mon Mar 23 11:30:39 AEDT 2020


Haren Myneni's on March 19, 2020 4:13 pm:
> 
> Kernel sets fault address and status in CRB for NX page fault on user
> space address after processing page fault. User space gets the signal
> and handles the fault mentioned in CRB by bringing the page in to
> memory and send NX request again.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sukadev Bhattiprolu <sukadev at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Haren Myneni <haren at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/icswx.h | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/icswx.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/icswx.h
> index 9872f85..b233d1e 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/icswx.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/icswx.h

"icswx" is not a thing anymore, after 6ff4d3e96652 ("powerpc: Remove old 
unused icswx based coprocessor support"). I guess NX is reusing some 
things from it, but it would be good to get rid of the cruft and re-name
this file and and relevant names.

NX already uses this file, so I guesss that can happen after this series.

Thanks,
Nick



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