Re: [PATCH][Fix][Resend] Fix Bug #4959: Page tables corrupted during resume on x86-64 (take 3)

From: Siddha, Suresh B
Date: Wed Sep 28 2005 - 19:01:10 EST


On Wed, Sep 28, 2005 at 10:24:42PM +0200, Rafael J. Wysocki wrote:
> On Wednesday, 28 of September 2005 21:18, Andi Kleen wrote:
> > Also Suresh S. has a patch out to turn the initial page tables
> > into initdata. It'll probably conflict with that. Needs to be coordinated
> > with him.
>
> Do you mean the patch at:
> http://www.x86-64.org/lists/discuss/msg07297.html ?
> Unfortunately it interferes with the current swsusp code, which uses
> init_level4_pgt anyway.
>
> Could we please treat my patch as a (very much needed) urgent bugfix
> and make the whole swsusp code in line with the Suresh's patch later on?
>
> Suresh, could you please say what you think of it?

My patch as such shouldn't change the behavior of the existing swsup
code. I am making only boot_level4_pgt as initdata. But not the
init_level4_pgt.

thanks,
suresh
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