Re: [PATCH] x86/fault: ignore RSVD flag in error code if P flag is 0

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Thu Jun 30 2022 - 10:35:49 EST


On 6/29/22 22:58, Vasily Averin wrote:
> Some older Intel CPUs have errata:
> "Not-Present Page Faults May Set the RSVD Flag in the Error Code

Please include a link to the documentation when you cite things like
this. For example, this is very helpful:

Several older Intel CPUs have this or a similar erratum. For
instance, the "Intel Xeon Processor 5400 Series Specification
Update" has "AX74 ... Not-Present Page Faults May Set the RSVD
Flag in the Error Code".

https://www.intel.com/content/dam/www/public/us/en/documents/specification-updates/xeon-5400-spec-update.pdf

That makes it a *LOT* easier to find the actual erratum and its text. I
honestly also woudln't mind if you just copy a chunk of the problem text
verbatim into the changelog. Intel does have a habit of updating text
in documents like that and it's quite handy to have a snapshot of what
you were reading when you wrote the patch.