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Commit 0cbe3e26 authored by Aneesh Kumar K.V's avatar Aneesh Kumar K.V Committed by Linus Torvalds
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mm: update ptep_modify_prot_start/commit to take vm_area_struct as arg

Patch series "NestMMU pte upgrade workaround for mprotect", v5.

We can upgrade pte access (R -> RW transition) via mprotect.  We need to
make sure we follow the recommended pte update sequence as outlined in
commit bd5050e3 ("powerpc/mm/radix: Change pte relax sequence to
handle nest MMU hang") for such updates.  This patch series does that.

This patch (of 5):

Some architectures may want to call flush_tlb_range from these helpers.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190116085035.29729-2-aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarAneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: default avatarAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: default avatarLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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