Re: [PATCH 4/6] x86/kasan: Prepare clear_pgds() to switch to <asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h>

From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Mar 22 2017 - 03:32:26 EST



* Andrey Ryabinin <aryabinin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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> On 03/17/2017 09:55 PM, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > With folded p4d, pgd_clear() is nop. Change clear_pgds() to use
> > p4d_clear() instead.
> >
>
> You could probably just use set_pgd(pgd_offset_k(start), __pgd(0)); instead of pgd_clear()
> as we already do in arm64.
> It's basically pgd_clear() except it's not a nop wih p4d folded.

Makes sense. Kirill, if you agree, mind spinning a v2 patch?

Thanks,

Ingo