linux-kernel - Re: powerpc/book3s64: fix dump_linuxpagetables "present" flag

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Message-Id: <42drzZ1HRvz9sDF@ozlabs.org>
Date:   Mon, 22 Oct 2018 20:38:01 +1100 (AEDT)
From:   Michael Ellerman <patch-notifications@...erman.id.au>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: powerpc/book3s64: fix dump_linuxpagetables "present" flag

On Mon, 2018-10-15 at 06:37:41 UTC, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Since commit bd0dbb73e013 ("powerpc/mm/books3s: Add new pte bit to
> mark pte temporarily invalid."), _PAGE_PRESENT doesn't mean exactly
> that a page is present. A page is also considered preset when
> _PAGE_INVALID is set.
> 
> This patch changes the meaning of "present" and adds a status "valid"
> associated to the _PAGE_PRESENT flag.
> 
> Fixes: bd0dbb73e013 ("powerpc/mm/books3s: Add new pte bit to mark pte temporarily invalid.")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
> Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>

Applied to powerpc next, thanks.

https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/3ff38e1874863827374b02b4f31c73

cheers