how set_pte_at()'s vaddr and ptep args relate

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Keir Fraser wrote:
> Changing from read-only to writable is more exciting. You get a spurious
> page fault when the CPU finds the read-only TLB entry on your first write
> access. The CPU does throw away the TLB entry at that point though, so the
> fault handler can do nothing and yet still make progress. That's guaranteed.
>   

Do you mean the tlb entry gets invalidated as part of raising the 
fault?  Do you know where this is documented?

Thanks,
    J


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