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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1 of 4] mm: add a ptep_modify_prot transaction abstraction

* Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org> wrote:

> + /* Get the current pte state, but zero it out to make it
> + non-present, preventing the hardware from asynchronously
> + updating it. */

please use standard and consistent comment style, similar to:

> +/*
> + * Start a pte protection read-modify-write transaction, which
> + * protects against asynchronous hardware modifications to the pte.
> + * The intention is not to prevent the hardware from making pte
> + * updates, but to prevent any updates it may make from being lost.

Ingo


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