From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751984AbeDFU6C (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2018 16:58:02 -0400 Received: from mga06.intel.com ([134.134.136.31]:45325 "EHLO mga06.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751447AbeDFU6B (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Apr 2018 16:58:01 -0400 X-Amp-Result: SKIPPED(no attachment in message) X-Amp-File-Uploaded: False X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.48,416,1517904000"; d="scan'208";a="44757809" Subject: [PATCH 02/11] x86/mm: undo double _PAGE_PSE clearing To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org, Dave Hansen , aarcange@redhat.com, luto@kernel.org, torvalds@linux-foundation.org, keescook@google.com, hughd@google.com, jgross@suse.com, x86@kernel.org, namit@vmware.com From: Dave Hansen Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2018 13:55:04 -0700 References: <20180406205501.24A1A4E7@viggo.jf.intel.com> In-Reply-To: <20180406205501.24A1A4E7@viggo.jf.intel.com> Message-Id: <20180406205504.9B0F44A9@viggo.jf.intel.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Dave Hansen When clearing _PAGE_PRESENT on a huge page, we need to be careful to also clear _PAGE_PSE, otherwise it might still get confused for a valid large page table entry. We do that near the spot where we *set* _PAGE_PSE. That's fine, but it's unnecessary. pgprot_large_2_4k() already did it. BTW, I also noticed that pgprot_large_2_4k() and pgprot_4k_2_large() are not symmetric. pgprot_large_2_4k() clears _PAGE_PSE (because it is aliased to _PAGE_PAT) but pgprot_4k_2_large() does not put _PAGE_PSE back. Bummer. Also, add some comments and change "promote" to "move". "Promote" seems an odd word to move when we are logically moving a bit to a lower bit position. Also add an extra line return to make it clear to which line the comment applies. Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen Cc: Andrea Arcangeli Cc: Andy Lutomirski Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: Kees Cook Cc: Hugh Dickins Cc: Juergen Gross Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: Nadav Amit --- b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c~kpti-undo-double-_PAGE_PSE-clear arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c --- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c~kpti-undo-double-_PAGE_PSE-clear 2018-04-06 10:47:54.193796129 -0700 +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c 2018-04-06 10:47:54.197796129 -0700 @@ -583,6 +583,7 @@ try_preserve_large_page(pte_t *kpte, uns * up accordingly. */ old_pte = *kpte; + /* Clear PSE (aka _PAGE_PAT) and move PAT bit to correct position */ req_prot = pgprot_large_2_4k(old_prot); pgprot_val(req_prot) &= ~pgprot_val(cpa->mask_clr); @@ -597,8 +598,6 @@ try_preserve_large_page(pte_t *kpte, uns req_prot = pgprot_clear_protnone_bits(req_prot); if (pgprot_val(req_prot) & _PAGE_PRESENT) pgprot_val(req_prot) |= _PAGE_PSE; - else - pgprot_val(req_prot) &= ~_PAGE_PSE; req_prot = canon_pgprot(req_prot); /* @@ -684,8 +683,12 @@ __split_large_page(struct cpa_data *cpa, switch (level) { case PG_LEVEL_2M: ref_prot = pmd_pgprot(*(pmd_t *)kpte); - /* clear PSE and promote PAT bit to correct position */ + /* + * Clear PSE (aka _PAGE_PAT) and move + * PAT bit to correct position. + */ ref_prot = pgprot_large_2_4k(ref_prot); + ref_pfn = pmd_pfn(*(pmd_t *)kpte); break; _