Re: [tip: x86/mm] x86/mm/pat: Fix VM_PAT handling when fork() fails in copy_page_range()

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Wed Mar 19 2025 - 06:27:39 EST


On 19.03.25 11:24, Borislav Petkov wrote:
On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 11:16:36AM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
Ahh, the commit id is already supposed to be stable, got it.

Yap, we try to avoid rebasing when it becomes really hairy and the commits
have been stable and out there for a while...

I'm currently testing the following as fix, that avoids the second lookup
completely.

Cool, please holler asap what happens so that we can act accordingly.

Yes, expect it later today -- have to refresh my brain how I managed to reproduce the original issue.

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb