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Date: Thu, 23 May 2024 15:40:57 +0300
From: "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
To: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
Cc: tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@redhat.com, bp@alien8.de, 
	dave.hansen@linux.intel.com, x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, 
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@hpe.com>
Subject: Re: [Patch v3] x86/head/64: remove redundant check on
 level2_kernel_pgt's _PAGE_PRESENT bit
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On Thu, May 23, 2024 at 12:35:39PM +0000, Wei Yang wrote:
> Remove a redundant check on kernel code's PMD _PAGE_PRESENT attribute
> before fix up.
> 
> Current process looks like this:
> 
>     pmd in [0, _text)
>         unset _PAGE_PRESENT
>     pmd in [_text, _end]
>         if (_PAGE_PRESENT)
>             fix up delta
>     pmd in (_end, 512)
>         unset _PAGE_PRESENT
> 
> level2_kernel_pgt compiled with _PAGE_PRESENT set. The check is
> redundant
> 
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yang <richard.weiyang@gmail.com>
> CC: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> CC: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> CC: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
> CC: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@hpe.com>

Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>

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  Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov