linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] KVM: arm/arm64: Re-factor setting the Stage 2 entry to exec on fault

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Date:   Mon, 16 Jul 2018 13:46:43 +0100
From:   Suzuki K Poulose <Suzuki.Poulose@....com>
To:     Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu
Cc:     linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, marc.zyngier@....com,
        christoffer.dall@....com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        will.deacon@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/8] KVM: arm/arm64: Re-factor setting the Stage 2
 entry to exec on fault

On 16/07/18 12:08, Punit Agrawal wrote:
> Stage 2 fault handler marks a page as executable if it is handling an
> execution fault or if it was a permission fault in which case the
> executable bit needs to be preserved.
> 
> The logic to decide if the page should be marked executable is
> duplicated for PMD and PTE entries. To avoid creating another copy
> when support for PUD hugepages is introduced refactor the code to
> share the checks needed to mark a page table entry as executable.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>
> Cc: Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@....com>
> Cc: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>

Reviewed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@....com>