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SubjectRe: [patch -mm] i386: use pte_update_defer in ptep_test_and_clear_{dirty,young}
David Rientjes wrote:
> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 23:07:43 -0800
> From: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
>
> If you actually clear the bit, you need to:
>
> + pte_update_defer(vma->vm_mm, addr, ptep);
>
> The reason is, when updating PTEs, the hypervisor must be notified. Using
> atomic operations to do this is fine for all hypervisors I am aware of.
> However, for hypervisors which shadow page tables, if these PTE
> modifications are not trapped, you need a post-modification call to fulfill
> the update of the shadow page table.
>
> Cc: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
> Signed-off-by: David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>
>

Acked-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>

David, thanks for cleaning this up.
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