linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/4] Bugfix + small cleanup to populate

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Date:   Wed, 4 Mar 2020 23:38:39 +0100
From:   Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
To:     Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu>
Cc:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        "the arch/x86 maintainers" <x86@...nel.org>,
        linux-efi <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/4] Bugfix + small cleanup to populate_p[mug]d

On Tue, 3 Mar 2020 at 21:54, Arvind Sankar <nivedita@...m.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> The first patch fixes a bug in populate_pud, which results in the
> requested mapping not being completely installed if the CPU does not
> support GB pages.
>
> The next three are small cleanups.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Arvind Sankar (4):
>   x86/mm/pat: Handle no-GBPAGES case correctly in populate_pud
>   x86/mm/pat: Ensure that populate_pud only handles one PUD
>   x86/mm/pat: Propagate all errors out of populate_pud
>   x86/mm/pat: Make num_pages consistent in populate_{pte,pud,pgd}
>

Acked-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Tested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>

>  arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h |  2 +-
>  arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c         | 74 +++++++++++++++++-----------
>  2 files changed, 45 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.24.1
>