Theodore Ts'o <[email protected]> writes: > > In fact, there is the question of whether we should be checking to see > if the CPU stepping is one of the ones with the bug, and if so, to > have Linux disable fast strings even if the BIOS didn't, instead of > blindly enabling fast strings....
Crossing pages with different memory attributes shouldn't happen in normal operation. I wouldn't be too concerned about that one. I would suggest to leave the bit alone. There may be valid reasons on the system to either set or not set it, which the kernel doesn't necessarily know. -Andi -- [email protected] -- Speaking for myself only -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
