From: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
To: linux-mm@kvack.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: Make pud_present() check _PAGE_PROTNONE and _PAGE_PSE as well
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 08:53:16 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <c03165c8-6d44-49c2-2dad-a85759200718@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1584507679-11976-1-git-send-email-anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
On 03/18/2020 10:31 AM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> pud_present() should also check _PAGE_PROTNONE and _PAGE_PSE bits like in
> case pmd_present(). This makes a PUD entry test positive for pud_present()
> after getting invalidated with pud_mknotpresent(), hence standardizing the
> semantics with PMD helpers.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: x86@kernel.org
> Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
> ---
> Even though pud_mknotpresent() is not used any where currently, there is
> a discrepancy between PMD and PUD.
>
> WARN_ON(!pud_present(pud_mknotpresent(pud_mkhuge(pud)))) -> Fail
> WARN_ON(!pmd_present(pmd_mknotpresent(pmd_mkhuge(pmd)))) -> Pass
>
> Though pud_mknotpresent() currently clears _PAGE_PROTNONE, pud_present()
> does not check it. This change fixes both inconsistencies.
>
> This has been build and boot tested on x86.
Adding Kirill and Dan.
+Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill@shutemov.name>
+Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-03-20 3:23 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-18 5:01 [PATCH] x86/mm: Make pud_present() check _PAGE_PROTNONE and _PAGE_PSE as well Anshuman Khandual
2020-03-20 3:23 ` Anshuman Khandual [this message]
2020-03-20 11:47 ` Kirill A. Shutemov
2020-03-20 13:22 ` Anshuman Khandual
2020-03-20 19:50 ` John Hubbard
2020-03-22 1:00 ` Anshuman Khandual
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