Re: + mm-hugetlb-fix-a-addressing-exception-caused-by-huge_pte_offset.patch added to -mm tree

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On 3/31/20 7:08 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> I can't think of an easy fix here.
> 
> Andrew, I think this patch has to be dropped :(
> 
> Longpeng can fix the direct bug he saw by not changing the
> pXX_offset(), but this extra de-reference will remain some
> theortical/rare bug according to the memory model.

FWIW,
I tested Longpeng's V2 patch without the READ_ONCE for *pgd and *p4d
in this environment and it worked fine.

-- 
Mike Kravetz



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