linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mips/mm: Enable SOFT

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <2f94a9ce-74a2-29a0-3b1c-d4b2906e2750@cogentembedded.com>
Date:   Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:55:44 +0300
From:   Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>
To:     Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>, akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     sunguoyun@...ngson.cn,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>,
        Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@...at.org>,
        Dmitry Korotin <dkorotin@...ecomp.com>,
        Daniel Silsby <dansilsby@...il.com>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mips/mm: Enable SOFT_DIRTY for all 64bit systems

Hello!

On 26.04.2020 20:40, Jiaxun Yang wrote:

> 64bit systems always have enough page table bits.
> So we can safely enable it for all of them instead of for Loongson
> only.
> 
> If oneday 32bit systems get 64bit PTEs than we can drop this
> limition.

    Limitation?

> Signed-off-by: Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>
[...]

MBR, Sergei