[merged mm-stable] powerpc-kvmppc_unmap_free_pmd-pte_offset_kernel.patch removed from -mm tree

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The quilt patch titled
     Subject: powerpc: kvmppc_unmap_free_pmd() pte_offset_kernel()
has been removed from the -mm tree.  Its filename was
     powerpc-kvmppc_unmap_free_pmd-pte_offset_kernel.patch

This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm

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From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: powerpc: kvmppc_unmap_free_pmd() pte_offset_kernel()
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2023 12:22:39 -0700 (PDT)

kvmppc_unmap_free_pmd() use pte_offset_kernel(), like everywhere else
in book3s_64_mmu_radix.c: instead of pte_offset_map(), which will come
to need a pte_unmap() to balance it.

But note that this is a more complex case than most: see those -EAGAINs
in kvmppc_create_pte(), which is coping with kvmppc races beween page
table and huge entry, of the kind which we are expecting to address
in pte_offset_map() - this might want to be revisited in future.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/c76aa421-aec3-4cc8-cc61-4130f2e27e1@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Claudio Imbrenda <imbrenda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <hca@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: John David Anglin <dave.anglin@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_radix.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_radix.c~powerpc-kvmppc_unmap_free_pmd-pte_offset_kernel
+++ a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_64_mmu_radix.c
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ static void kvmppc_unmap_free_pmd(struct
 		} else {
 			pte_t *pte;
 
-			pte = pte_offset_map(p, 0);
+			pte = pte_offset_kernel(p, 0);
 			kvmppc_unmap_free_pte(kvm, pte, full, lpid);
 			pmd_clear(p);
 		}
_

Patches currently in -mm which might be from hughd@xxxxxxxxxx are





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