[PATCH] ARM: KVM: fix L_PTE_S2_RDWR to actually be Read/Write
Alexander Graf
agraf at suse.de
Fri Apr 12 09:35:38 EDT 2013
On 12.04.2013, at 15:33, Marc Zyngier wrote:
> On 12/04/13 14:26, Alexander Graf wrote:
>>
>> On 12.04.2013, at 15:00, Marc Zyngier wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like our L_PTE_S2_RDWR definition is slightly wrong,
>>> and is actually write only (see ARM ARM Table B3-9, Stage 2 control
>>> of access permissions). Didn't make a difference for normal pages,
>>> as we OR the flags together, but I'm still wondering how it worked
>>> for Stage-2 mapped devices, such as the GIC.
>>>
>>> Brown paper bag time, again.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>>
>> CC stable?
>
> Only if this doesn't make it into the final 3.9, which will be the first
> version with KVM/arm.
Given that we're at rc6, I'd presume that's rather likely if you don't make a fuss about it :)
Alex
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