Re: unmap_range() premature exit

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On Thu, May 08 2014 at  6:03:07 pm BST, Mario Smarduch <m.smarduch@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> It appears that for a memslot that crosses a PUD range unmap_range may
> return prematurely if lower pud is not mapping anything. 
>
> kvm_pud_addr_end(..) will return end and the loop will terminate possibly
> leaving unmapped ranges. 
>
> Am I missing something?

With 3-level page tables (which is what we have with LPAE on ARMv7),
puds are the same thing as pgds (they are effectively collapsed). This
will change with the introduction of 4-level page tables on ARMv8.

	M.
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