[PATCH V2 0/3] PTE fixes for arm and arm64

Will Deacon will.deacon at arm.com
Tue Feb 25 10:22:36 EST 2014


On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:38:51AM +0000, Steve Capper wrote:
> This series fixes a couple of problems that I have come across:
>  1) Some pte accessors for arm and arm64 can have their results
>     cancelled out by a downcast. This is addressed by the first two
>     patches.
> 
>  2) On arm with LPAE it is impossible to distinguish between clean
>     writable ptes and read only ptes. This is addressed by the third
>     patch.
> 
> As the third patch depends on the first patch, all three patches are
> bundled together in the same series.
> 
> I have reviewed Will and Russell's patch:
>  b6ccb9803e90 ("ARM: 7954/1: mm: remove remaining domain support
> 	from ARMv6")
> And I believe that the L_PTE_WRITE logic should be compatible with this
> patch. It applies cleanly and compiles; but I would be greatful if
> someone could please give it a test.

There's an 1136 on my desk with your name on it :)

Will



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