From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> To: tglx@linutronix.de, hpa@zytor.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, william.grant@canonical.com, terraluna977@gmail.com Cc: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [tip:x86/pti] x86/cpu_entry_area: Sync cpu_entry_area to initial_page_table Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 10:31:11 +0100 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20180301093111.kyskbidqe5fqvogs@gmail.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <tip-945fd17ab6bab8a4d05da6c3170519fbcfe62ddb@git.kernel.org> Just a few small speling nits: * tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner <tipbot@zytor.com> wrote: > Commit-ID: 945fd17ab6bab8a4d05da6c3170519fbcfe62ddb > Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/945fd17ab6bab8a4d05da6c3170519fbcfe62ddb > Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > AuthorDate: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 21:14:26 +0100 > Committer: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> > CommitDate: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 09:48:27 +0100 > > x86/cpu_entry_area: Sync cpu_entry_area to initial_page_table > > The separation of the cpu_entry_area from the fixmap missed the fact that > on 32bit non-PAE kernels the cpu_entry_area mapping might not be covered in > initial_page_table by the previous synchronizations. > > This results in suspend/resume failures because 32bit utilizes initial page > table for resume. The absence of the cpu_entry_area mapping results in a > triple fault, aka. insta reboot. > > With PAE enabled this works by chance because the PGD entry which covers > the fixmap and other parts incindentally provides the cpu_entry_area > mapping as well. s/incindentally/incidentally s/32bit/32-bit s/utilizes initial page table /utilizes the initial page table > Synchronize the initial page table after setting up the cpu entry > area. Instead of adding yet another copy of the same code, move it to a > function and invoke it from the various places. s/cpu/CPU > It needs to be investigated if the existing calls in setup_arch() and > setup_per_cpu_areas() can be replaced by the later invocation from > setup_cpu_entry_areas(), but that's beyond the scope of this fix. > + /* > + * This is the last essential update to swapper_pgdir which needs > + * to be synchronized to initial_page_table on 32bit. > + */ > + sync_initial_page_table(); s/swapper_pgdir /swapper_pg_dir s/on 32bit/on 32-bit kernels > + /* > + * sync back low identity map too. It is used for example > + * in the 32-bit EFI stub. > + */ s/sync/Sync Very nice fix! Thanks, Ingo
prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-01 9:31 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2018-02-27 12:54 4.16 regression: s2ram broken on non-PAE i686 Woody Suwalski 2018-02-28 8:59 ` Thomas Gleixner 2018-02-28 10:46 ` Woody Suwalski 2018-02-28 21:20 ` Thomas Gleixner 2018-03-01 2:45 ` Woody Suwalski 2018-03-01 7:35 ` Thomas Gleixner 2018-03-01 8:51 ` [tip:x86/pti] x86/cpu_entry_area: Sync cpu_entry_area to initial_page_table tip-bot for Thomas Gleixner 2018-03-01 9:31 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
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