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

From: Ryan Roberts
Date: Fri May 12 2023 - 07:02:16 EST


On 11/05/2023 16:00, Zi Yan wrote:
> 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>

Thanks for the reviews!