On 20/12/2019 14:19, Jan Beulich wrote:
> mod_l1_entry()'s need to do so went away with commit 2d0557c5cb ("x86:
> Fold page_info lock into type_info"), and the other three never had such
> a need, at least going back as far as 3.2.0.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeul...@suse.com>

These presumably want ACCESS_ONCE() to avoid introducing repeated read
vulnerabilities?  While the mappings might be safe, they still point to
live guest data.

~Andrew

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