Re: [RFC PATCH v9 08/27] x86/mm: Change _PAGE_DIRTY to _PAGE_DIRTY_HW

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To: Yu-cheng Yu <yu-cheng.yu@xxxxxxxxx>, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>, Balbir Singh <bsingharora@xxxxxxxxx>, Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>, Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@xxxxxxxxx>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@xxxxxxxxxx>, Florian Weimer <fweimer@xxxxxxxxxx>, "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@xxxxxxxxx>, Jann Horn <jannh@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>, Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@xxxxxxxxx>, Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx>, Pavel Machek <pavel@xxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Ravi V. Shankar" <ravi.v.shankar@xxxxxxxxx>, Vedvyas Shanbhogue <vedvyas.shanbhogue@xxxxxxxxx>, Dave Martin <Dave.Martin@xxxxxxx>, x86-patch-review@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v9 08/27] x86/mm: Change _PAGE_DIRTY to _PAGE_DIRTY_HW
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 10:20:25 -0800
In-reply-to: <20200205181935.3712-9-yu-cheng.yu@intel.com>
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On 2/5/20 10:19 AM, Yu-cheng Yu wrote:
> Before introducing _PAGE_DIRTY_SW for non-hardware memory management
> purposes in the next patch, rename _PAGE_DIRTY to _PAGE_DIRTY_HW and
> _PAGE_BIT_DIRTY to _PAGE_BIT_DIRTY_HW to make these PTE dirty bits
> more clear.  There are no functional changes from this patch.

Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>

References:
- [RFC PATCH v9 00/27] Control-flow Enforcement: Shadow Stack
  - From: Yu-cheng Yu
- [RFC PATCH v9 08/27] x86/mm: Change _PAGE_DIRTY to _PAGE_DIRTY_HW
  - From: Yu-cheng Yu

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