Hi Borislav, On Monday, 10 July 2023 10:05:19 CEST Borislav Petkov wrote: > On Mon, Jul 10, 2023 at 09:36:14AM +0200, Janusz Krzysztofik wrote: > > Assume that adding _PAGE_PAT to _PAGE_CHG_MASK doesn't break pte_modify() > > and its users, and go for it. Also, add _PAGE_PAT_LARGE to > > That's my only worry. Let me remind you that v1 was free of concerns on potential breakage of pte_modify(). I can update its commit description as Dave requested and resubmit if you confirm that it will be reconsidered as a potential solution. Thanks, Janusz > > I'd suggest we queue this but not send it to Linus now. Instead, let it > cook in linux-next for the whole 6.5 release cycle so that it can get at > least *some* testing. > > Because if we send it now and something else obscure breaks in a weird > way in his tree, then we'll have to scramble to fix that too and it'll > be one helluva mess. > > Dave? > >
