On Mon, 16 Jun 2008, Jeremy Fitzhardinge wrote: > > ptep_modify_prot_start() returns the current pte value, and puts the > pte entry into a state where either the hardware will not update the > pte, or if it does, the updates will be preserved on commit. > > ptep_modify_prot_commit() writes back the updated pte, makes sure that > any hardware updates made since ptep_modify_prot_start() are > preserved. Ok, I'm fine with this now that it's renamed to be clearly about just protection bits. So Acked-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> for what it's worth. Linus _______________________________________________ Virtualization mailing list Virtualization@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/virtualization