Re: [PATCH v15 08/26] x86/mm: Introduce _PAGE_COW
From: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Date: 2020-12-08 20:23:58
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On Tue, Dec 08, 2020 at 10:25:15AM -0800, Yu, Yu-cheng wrote:
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Both are "R/O + _PAGE_COW". Where's the difference? The dirty bit?The PTEs are the same for both (a) and (b), but come from different routes.
Do not be afraid to go into detail and explain to me what those routes are please.
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(e) A page where the processor observed a Write=1 PTE, started a write, set Dirty=1, but then observed a Write=0 PTE.How does that happen? Something changed the PTE's W bit to 0 in-between?Yes.
Also do not scare from going into detail and explaining what you mean here. Example?
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Does _PAGE_COW mean dirty too?Yes. Basically [read-only & dirty] is created by software. Now the software uses a different bit.
That convention:
"[read-only & dirty] is created by software."
needs some prominent writeup somewhere explaining what it is.
Thx.
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Boris.
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