* Ingo Molnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> I.e. something like below?

or the one below. (it even builds)

        Ingo

---
 arch/x86/mm/pat.c |    7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Index: linux-x86.q/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
===================================================================
--- linux-x86.q.orig/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ linux-x86.q/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -174,7 +174,12 @@ int reserve_mattr(u64 start, u64 end, un
                                        current->comm, current->pid,
                                        start, end,
                                        cattr_name(attr), cattr_name(ml->attr));
-                               err = -EBUSY;
+                               /*
+                                * Force the already existing attribute:
+                                */
+                               ma->attr = ml->attr;
+                               if (*fattr)
+                                       *fattr = ml->attr;
                                break;
                        }
                } else if (ml->start >= end) {
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