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SubjectRe: [RFC] kmemcheck: trap uses of uninitialized memory (v2)
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Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@gmail.com> writes:
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> - We properly flush TLB entries that change. This used to not be the case, and so we

For low values of "properly" @)

> + pte = lookup_address(addr);
> + change_page_attr(page, 1, __pgprot(pte->pte_low | _PAGE_VISIBLE));
> + __flush_tlb_one(addr);

That's not enough, you need to flush all CPUs.

Also when you don't call global_flush_tlb() eventually because c_p_a() will leak flush
objects over time.

-Andi

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