> > From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > I think this code is OK and does not *need* to be patched. We > are just rewriting the PTE without the Accessed and Dirty bits. > The hardware could come along and set them at any time with or > without the erratum that this series addresses > > But this does make the ptep_get_and_clear_full() and > tlb_remove_tlb_entry() calls here more consistent with the other > places they are used together and look *obviously* the same > between call-sites. > > Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > b/mm/madvise.c | 2 +- > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff -puN mm/madvise.c~knl-leak-40-madvise_free_pte_range-move-flush mm/madvise.c > --- a/mm/madvise.c~knl-leak-40-madvise_free_pte_range-move-flush 2016-06-30 17:10:42.557246755 -0700 > +++ b/mm/madvise.c 2016-06-30 17:10:42.561246936 -0700 > @@ -369,13 +369,13 @@ static int madvise_free_pte_range(pmd_t > */ > ptent = ptep_get_and_clear_full(mm, addr, pte, > tlb->fullmm); > + tlb_remove_tlb_entry(tlb, pte, addr); > Then the current comment has to be updated, no?-/ thanks Hillf > ptent = pte_mkold(ptent); > ptent = pte_mkclean(ptent); > set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, ptent); > if (PageActive(page)) > deactivate_page(page); > - tlb_remove_tlb_entry(tlb, pte, addr); > } > } > out: > _ > -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>