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Subject: Re: [PATCHv13 01/16] x86: Allow atomic MM_CONTEXT flags setting
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On 12/26/22 19:08, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> So far there's no need in atomic setting of MM context flags in
> mm_context_t::flags. The flags set early in exec and never change
> after that.
> 
> LAM enabling requires atomic flag setting.

Could you elaborate on this a little more?