linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm/migrate: Fix wrongly apply write bit after mkdirty on sparc64

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Date:   Thu, 16 Feb 2023 16:37:19 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        regressions@...mhuis.info, Nick Bowler <nbowler@...conx.ca>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm/migrate: Fix wrongly apply write bit after mkdirty on
 sparc64

On 16.02.23 16:30, Peter Xu wrote:
> Nick Bowler reported another sparc64 breakage after the young/dirty
> persistent work for page migration (per "Link:" below).  That's after a
> similar report [2].
> 
> It turns out page migration was overlooked, and it wasn't failing before
> because page migration was not enabled in the initial report test environment.
> 
> David proposed another way [2] to fix this from sparc64 side, but that
> patch didn't land somehow. 

I pinged another time and asked Andrew to pick it up eventually.

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb