Re: Is: x86: mm: Fix vmalloc_fault oops during lazy MMU updates Was:Re: [PATCH] mm/x86: Flush lazy MMU when DEBUG_PAGEALLOC is set

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Thu Feb 28 2013 - 11:32:52 EST


On Thu, Feb 28, 2013 at 11:27:23AM -0500, Boris Ostrovsky wrote:
> What was the suggestion exactly? I don't remember seeing that message.

Use the paravirt patching facility to replace arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode()
with a nop when running on baremetal. I.e., the whole functionality
around apply_paravirt() et al.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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