Re: [RESEND PATCH v1 1/5] mm: vmalloc must set pte via arch code

From: Zi Yan
Date: Thu May 11 2023 - 11:01:08 EST


On 11 May 2023, at 9:21, Ryan Roberts wrote:

> It is bad practice to directly set pte entries within a pte table.
> Instead all modifications must go through arch-provided helpers such as
> set_pte_at() to give the arch code visibility and allow it to validate
> (and potentially modify) the operation.
>
> Fixes: 3e9a9e256b1e ("mm: add a vmap_pfn function")
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/vmalloc.c | 5 ++++-
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
LGTM. Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@xxxxxxxxxx>


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Best Regards,
Yan, Zi

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