[PATCH] powerpc/64e: Fix wrong test in __ptep_test_and_clear_young()

[Michael Ellerman]

Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu> writes:
> Commit 45201c879469 ("powerpc/nohash: Remove hash related code from
> nohash headers.") replaced:
>
>   if ((pte_val(*ptep) & (_PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_HASHPTE)) == 0)
> 	return 0;
>
> By:
>
>   if (pte_young(*ptep))
> 	return 0;
>
> But it should be:
>
>   if (!pte_young(*ptep))
> 	return 0;


That seems bad :)

But I don't know off the top of my head where
__ptep_test_and_clear_young() is used, and so what the symptoms could
be. Presumably nothing too bad or someone would have noticed?

cheers