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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v3 1/3] x86/p2m-pt: simplify p2m_next_level()



On 08/11/2017 02:19 PM, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Calculate entry PFN and flags just once. Convert the two successive
> main if()-s to and if/else-if chain. Restrict variable scope where
> reasonable. Take the opportunity and also make the induction variable
> unsigned.
> 
> This at once fixes excessive permissions granted in the 2M PTEs
> resulting from splitting a 1G one - original permissions should be
> inherited instead. This is not a security issue only because all of
> this takes no effect anyway, as iommu_hap_pt_share is always false on
> AMD systems for all supported branches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@xxxxxxxxxx>

Sorry for the delay.

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