On Sat, 20 Sep 2014 01:03:07 -0700 Peter Feiner <pfeiner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Fixes the same bug as b43790eedd31e9535b89bbfa45793919e9504c34 and > 9aed8614af5a05cdaa32a0b78b0f1a424754a958 where the return value of > pte_*mksoft_dirty was being ignored. > > To be sure that no other pte/pmd "mk" function return values were > being ignored, I annotated the functions in > arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h with __must_check and rebuilt. > Grumble. It is useful to identify preceding similar patches but that isn't a good way of describing *this* patch. What is wrong with the current code, how does the patch fix it. And, particularly, what do you think are the end-user visible effects of the bug? This info helps people to work out which kernel versions need the fix. -- 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>