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Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] powerpc/set_memory: Avoid spinlock recursion in change_page_attr()

From: Michael Ellerman <hidden>
Date: 2022-02-16 12:30:38
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On Fri, 24 Dec 2021 11:07:33 +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
Commit 1f9ad21c3b38 ("powerpc/mm: Implement set_memory() routines")
included a spin_lock() to change_page_attr() in order to
safely perform the three step operations. But then
commit 9f7853d7609d ("powerpc/mm: Fix set_memory_*() against
concurrent accesses") modify it to use pte_update() and do
the operation safely against concurrent access.

[...]
Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/2] powerpc/set_memory: Avoid spinlock recursion in change_page_attr()
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/a4c182ecf33584b9b2d1aa9dad073014a504c01f
[2/2] powerpc: Add set_memory_{p/np}() and remove set_memory_attr()
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/f222ab83df92acf72691a2021e1f0d99880dcdf1

cheers
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