On Thu, 2022-04-14 at 10:02 +0200, Claudio Imbrenda wrote:
[...]
> +/**
> + * s390_replace_asce - Try to replace the current ASCE of a gmap
> with
> + * another equivalent one.
> + * @gmap the gmap
> + *
> + * If the allocation of the new top level page table fails, the ASCE
> is not
> + * replaced.
> + * In any case, the old ASCE is always removed from the list.
> Therefore the
> + * caller has to make sure to save a pointer to it beforehands,
> unless an
> + * intentional leak is intended.
> + */
> +int s390_replace_asce(struct gmap *gmap)
> +{
>
[...]
> + /* Set new table origin while preserving existing ASCE
> control bits */
> + asce = (gmap->asce & ~_ASCE_ORIGIN) | __pa(table);
> + WRITE_ONCE(gmap->asce, asce);
Can someone concurrently touch the control bits?
