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Re: [PATCH v2 02/11] mm: add pmd_mkclean()

To: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 02/11] mm: add pmd_mkclean()
From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 13 Nov 2015 17:02:48 -0800
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>, "J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>, Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>, Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, linux-nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxx, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
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On 11/13/2015 04:06 PM, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> +static inline pmd_t pmd_mkclean(pmd_t pmd)
> +{
> +     return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY);
> +}

pte_mkclean() doesn't clear _PAGE_SOFT_DIRTY.  What the thought behind
doing it here?

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