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From: "tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner" <tip-bot2@linutronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>, x86 <x86@kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: x86/entry] x86/idt: Add comments about early #PF handling
Date: Sat, 30 May 2020 09:57:16 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <159083263692.17951.2671790138858000362.tip-bot2@tip-bot2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200528145522.807135882@linutronix.de>

The following commit has been merged into the x86/entry branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     66d2e706c0cecd09b1f3de4844574d30e5469c28
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/66d2e706c0cecd09b1f3de4844574d30e5469c28
Author:        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 28 May 2020 16:53:17 +02:00
Committer:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
CommitterDate: Sat, 30 May 2020 11:50:11 +02:00

x86/idt: Add comments about early #PF handling

The difference between 32 and 64 bit vs. early #PF handling is not
documented. Replace the FIXME at idt_setup_early_pf() with proper comments.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200528145522.807135882@linutronix.de

---
 arch/x86/kernel/idt.c | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
index 4b99f7b..5ef82fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/idt.c
@@ -61,7 +61,11 @@ static bool idt_setup_done __initdata;
 static const __initconst struct idt_data early_idts[] = {
 	INTG(X86_TRAP_DB,		asm_exc_debug),
 	SYSG(X86_TRAP_BP,		asm_exc_int3),
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
+	/*
+	 * Not possible on 64-bit. See idt_setup_early_pf() for details.
+	 */
 	INTG(X86_TRAP_PF,		asm_exc_page_fault),
 #endif
 };
@@ -256,8 +260,10 @@ void __init idt_setup_traps(void)
  * cpu_init() is invoked and sets up TSS. The IST variant is installed
  * after that.
  *
- * FIXME: Why is 32bit and 64bit installing the PF handler at different
- * places in the early setup code?
+ * Note, that X86_64 cannot install the real #PF handler in
+ * idt_setup_early_traps() because the memory intialization needs the #PF
+ * handler from the early_idt_handler_array to initialize the early page
+ * tables.
  */
 void __init idt_setup_early_pf(void)
 {

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-05-30  9:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-05-28 14:53 [patch 0/5] x86/idt: Cleanups and consolidation Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-28 14:53 ` [patch 1/5] x86/idt: Mark init only functions __init Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-30  9:57   ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-28 14:53 ` [patch 2/5] x86/idt: Add comments about early #PF handling Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-28 16:14   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-28 18:44     ` Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-30  9:57   ` tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2020-05-28 14:53 ` [patch 3/5] x86/idt: Use proper constants for table sizes Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-30  9:57   ` [tip: x86/entry] x86/idt: Use proper constants for table size tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-28 14:53 ` [patch 4/5] x86/idt: Cleanup trap_init() Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-30  9:57   ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-28 14:53 ` [patch 5/5] x86/idt: Consolidate idt functionality Thomas Gleixner
2020-05-28 16:16   ` Peter Zijlstra
2020-05-30  9:57   ` [tip: x86/entry] " tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner
2020-06-01 12:55   ` tip-bot2 for Thomas Gleixner

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