Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 26 Jan 2023 09:46:19 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v5 18/39] mm: Handle faultless write upgrades for shstk | From | David Hildenbrand <> |
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On 26.01.23 01:59, Edgecombe, Rick P wrote: > On Wed, 2023-01-25 at 10:43 -0800, Rick Edgecombe wrote: >> Thanks for your comments and ideas here, I'll give the: >> pte_t pte_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pte_t pte) >> ...solution a try. > > Well, it turns out there are some pte_mkwrite() callers in other arch's > that operate on kernel memory and don't have a VMA. So it needed a new
Why not pass in NULL as VMA then and document the semantics? The less similarly named but slightly different functions, the better :)
-- Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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