linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix cpu stuck issue in __change_page_attr_set

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1807041119260.1816@nanos.tec.linutronix.de>
Date:   Wed, 4 Jul 2018 11:20:37 +0200 (CEST)
From:   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:     "Yang, Bin" <bin.yang@...el.com>
cc:     "mingo@...nel.org" <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "hpa@...or.com" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "x86@...nel.org" <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix cpu stuck issue in
 __change_page_attr_set_clr

On Wed, 4 Jul 2018, Yang, Bin wrote:

> You are completely right. After considering, I think my patch is like a
> workaround but not real fix. I am trying to re-write a new patch
> without cache implementation.

Care to explain the actual problem coherently _before_ writing yet another
patch?

Thanks,

	tglx