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Re: [qemu-s390x] [PATCH-for-4.2 v1 5/6] s390x/mmu: Better storage key re
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David Hildenbrand |
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Re: [qemu-s390x] [PATCH-for-4.2 v1 5/6] s390x/mmu: Better storage key reference and change bit handling |
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Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:20:01 +0200 |
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On 13.08.19 16:54, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> On Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:27:36 +0200
> David Hildenbrand <address@hidden> wrote:
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>> Any access sets the reference bit. In case we have a read-fault, we
>> should not allow writes to the TLB entry if the change bit was not
>> already set.
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>> This is a preparation for proper storage-key reference/change bit handling
>> in TCG and a fix for KVM whereby read accesses would set the change
>> bit (old KVM versions without the ioctl to carry out the translation).
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> That would be really old kvm versions, right? So no real need to e.g.
> cc:stable?
Yes - nothing a distribution ever supported AFAIK.
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Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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[qemu-s390x] [PATCH-for-4.2 v1 4/6] s390x/mmu: Trace the right value if setting/getting the storage key fails, David Hildenbrand, 2019/08/12
[qemu-s390x] [PATCH-for-4.2 v1 5/6] s390x/mmu: Better storage key reference and change bit handling, David Hildenbrand, 2019/08/12
[qemu-s390x] [PATCH-for-4.2 v1 6/6] s390x/mmu: Factor out storage key handling, David Hildenbrand, 2019/08/12