Re: [PATCH 05/18] mm: numa: Do not clear PTE for pte_numa update

[Rik van Riel]

On 12/09/2013 02:08 AM, Mel Gorman wrote:
> The TLB must be flushed if the PTE is updated but change_pte_range is clearing
> the PTE while marking PTEs pte_numa without necessarily flushing the TLB if it
> reinserts the same entry. Without the flush, it's conceivable that two processors
> have different TLBs for the same virtual address and at the very least it would
> generate spurious faults. This patch only unmaps the pages in change_pte_range for
> a full protection change.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>


-- 
All rights reversed
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/