Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 14 Mar 2018 20:27:10 +0100 (CET) | From | Thomas Gleixner <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2/2] x86/mm: remove pointless checks in vmalloc_fault |
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On Tue, 13 Mar 2018, Toshi Kani wrote:
> vmalloc_fault() sets user's pgd or p4d from the kernel page table. > Once it's set, all tables underneath are identical. There is no point > of following the same page table with two separate pointers and makes > sure they see the same with BUG(). > > Remove the pointless checks in vmalloc_fault(). Also rename the kernel > pgd/p4d pointers to pgd_k/p4d_k so that their names are consistent in > the file.
I have no idea to which branch this might apply. The first patch applies cleanly on linus head, but this one fails in hunk #2 on everything I tried. Can you please check?
Thanks,
tglx
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