linux-kernel - Re: [v3] x86/doc: add PTI description

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Date:   Fri, 5 Jan 2018 16:06:31 +0000
From:   David Taylor <davidt-lkml@...t.co.uk>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [v3] x86/doc: add PTI description

On Thu, 04 Jan 2018, Dave Hansen wrote:

>diff -puN /dev/null Documentation/x86/pti.txt
>--- /dev/null	2017-12-15 13:48:30.454245127 -0800
>+++ b/Documentation/x86/pti.txt	2018-01-04 21:38:28.826772303 -0800
>@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
[...]
>+This sharing at the PGD level also inherently shares all the lower
>+layers of the page tables.  This leaves a single, shared set of
>+userspace page tables to manage.  One PTE to lock, one set set of
>+accessed bits, dirty bits, etc...

one set set -> one set

[...]
>+2. Allow PTI to enabled/disabled at runtime in addition to the
>+   boot-time switching.

to -> to be

-- 
David Taylor