Re: [PATCH v17 11/26] x86/mm: Update ptep_set_wrprotect() and pmdp_set_wrprotect() for transition from _PAGE_DIRTY to _PAGE_COW

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On Mon, Jan 25, 2021 at 01:27:51PM -0800, Yu, Yu-cheng wrote:
> > Maybe I'm missing something but those two can happen outside of the
> > loop, no? Or is *ptep somehow changing concurrently while the loop is
> > doing the CMPXCHG and you need to recreate it each time?
> > 
> > IOW, you can generate upfront and do the empty loop...
> 
> *ptep can change concurrently.

Care to elaborate?

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

https://people.kernel.org/tglx/notes-about-netiquette



[Index of Archives]     [Linux Kernel]     [Kernel Newbies]     [x86 Platform Driver]     [Netdev]     [Linux Wireless]     [Netfilter]     [Bugtraq]     [Linux Filesystems]     [Yosemite Discussion]     [MIPS Linux]     [ARM Linux]     [Linux Security]     [Linux RAID]     [Samba]     [Device Mapper]

  Powered by Linux