From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_PASS autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B2A8C169C4 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2019 14:02:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C5820815 for ; Sun, 3 Feb 2019 14:02:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1729149AbfBCOCU (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2019 09:02:20 -0500 Received: from shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk ([88.96.1.126]:53180 "EHLO shadbolt.e.decadent.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1728079AbfBCNts (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2019 08:49:48 -0500 Received: from cable-78.29.236.164.coditel.net ([78.29.236.164] helo=deadeye) by shadbolt.decadent.org.uk with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1gqI9a-0003tq-RQ; Sun, 03 Feb 2019 13:49:47 +0000 Received: from ben by deadeye with local (Exim 4.92-RC4) (envelope-from ) id 1gqI9Y-0006xL-2A; Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:49:44 +0100 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Ben Hutchings To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, stable@vger.kernel.org CC: akpm@linux-foundation.org, Denis Kirjanov , "Helge Deller" Date: Sun, 03 Feb 2019 14:45:08 +0100 Message-ID: X-Mailer: LinuxStableQueue (scripts by bwh) X-Patchwork-Hint: ignore Subject: [PATCH 3.16 095/305] parisc: Fix map_pages() to not overwrite existing pte entries In-Reply-To: X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 78.29.236.164 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: ben@decadent.org.uk X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No (on shadbolt.decadent.org.uk); SAEximRunCond expanded to false Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 3.16.63-rc1 review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Helge Deller commit 3c229b3f2dd8133f61bb81d3cb018be92f4bba39 upstream. Fix a long-existing small nasty bug in the map_pages() implementation which leads to overwriting already written pte entries with zero, *if* map_pages() is called a second time with an end address which isn't aligned on a pmd boundry. This happens for example if we want to remap only the text segment read/write in order to run alternative patching on the code. Exiting the loop when we reach the end address fixes this. Signed-off-by: Helge Deller Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings --- arch/parisc/mm/init.c | 8 ++------ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c @@ -492,12 +492,8 @@ static void __init map_pages(unsigned lo #endif pte = __mk_pte(address, pgprot); - if (address >= end_paddr) { - if (force) - break; - else - pte_val(pte) = 0; - } + if (address >= end_paddr) + break; set_pte(pg_table, pte);