Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Regression: x86/mm: new _PTE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY bit conflicts with existing use | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Date | Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:22:21 +0200 |
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OK now I'm confused. I guess I shouldn't comment while on vacation and cache cold on everything.
Cyrill Gorcunov <gorcunov@gmail.com> wrote: >On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 04:11:25PM +0200, H. Peter Anvin wrote: >> >> Eep. This should be reverted, indeed. This isn't a manifest bug on >!Xen but we >> have gotten requests for WT support which would mean adding in the >PAT but again. > >Please no, letme fix it. That's what I'm having in mind: don't use pse >bit in swap >entry but always mark page read from swap as dirty one (it's better >than having >no tracker at all and will be the case on old machines with 32bit ptes >only).
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