Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH v8 00/20] Convert x86 & arm64 to use generic page walk | From | Dave Hansen <> | Date | Fri, 12 Apr 2019 07:44:37 -0700 |
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On 4/10/19 7:56 AM, Steven Price wrote: > Gentle ping: who can take this? Is there anything blocking this series?
First of all, I really appreciate that you tried this. Every open-coded page walk has a set of common pitfalls, but is pretty unbounded in what kinds of bugs it can contain. I think this at least gets us to the point where some of those pitfalls won't happen. That's cool, but I'm a worried that it hasn't gotten easier in the end.
Linus also had some strong opinions in the past on how page walks should be written. He needs to have a look before we go much further.
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