[PATCH v2] mm: arm64: document why pte is not advanced in contpte_ptep_set_access_flags()

[Will Deacon]

On Thu, 05 Sep 2024 20:11:24 +1200, Barry Song wrote:
> According to David and Ryan, there isn't a bug here, even though we
> don't advance the PTE entry, because __ptep_set_access_flags() only
> uses the access flags from the entry.
> 
> However, we always check pte_same(pte, entry) using the first entry
> in __ptep_set_access_flags(). This means that the checks from 1 to
> nr - 1 are not comparing the same PTE indexes (thus, they always
> return false), which can be a bit confusing. To clarify the code, let's
> add some comments.
> 
> [...]

Applied to arm64 (for-next/mm), thanks!

[1/1] mm: arm64: document why pte is not advanced in contpte_ptep_set_access_flags()
      https://git.kernel.org/arm64/c/70565f2be880

Cheers,
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Will

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