Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] powerpc/mm: Introduce temporary mm

2020-04-18 Thread Christophe Leroy
Le 23/03/2020 à 05:52, Christopher M. Riedl a écrit : x86 supports the notion of a temporary mm which restricts access to temporary PTEs to a single CPU. A temporary mm is useful for situations where a CPU needs to perform sensitive operations (such as patching a STRICT_KERNEL_RWX kernel) requ

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] powerpc/mm: Introduce temporary mm

2020-03-30 Thread Christopher M Riedl
> On March 24, 2020 11:07 AM Christophe Leroy wrote: > > > Le 23/03/2020 à 05:52, Christopher M. Riedl a écrit : > > x86 supports the notion of a temporary mm which restricts access to > > temporary PTEs to a single CPU. A temporary mm is useful for situations > > where a CPU needs to perform s

Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] powerpc/mm: Introduce temporary mm

2020-03-24 Thread Christophe Leroy
Le 23/03/2020 à 05:52, Christopher M. Riedl a écrit : x86 supports the notion of a temporary mm which restricts access to temporary PTEs to a single CPU. A temporary mm is useful for situations where a CPU needs to perform sensitive operations (such as patching a STRICT_KERNEL_RWX kernel) requ