Re: [RFC PATCH v4 02/28] x86: Set the write-protect cache mode for full PAT support

From: Tom Lendacky
Date: Fri Feb 17 2017 - 10:56:42 EST


On 2/17/2017 5:07 AM, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Thu, Feb 16, 2017 at 09:42:25AM -0600, Tom Lendacky wrote:
For processors that support PAT, set the write-protect cache mode
(_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP) entry to the actual write-protect value (x05).

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@xxxxxxx>

Just a nit:

Subject should have "x86/mm/pat: " prefix but that can be fixed when
applying.

I'll go through the series and verify/fix the prefix for each patch.

Thanks,
Tom