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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 22 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c index 8ca0d8566fc8..8253bc97587e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c @@ -482,6 +482,13 @@ static int split_large_page(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address) pbase = (pte_t *)page_address(base); paravirt_alloc_pte(&init_mm, page_to_pfn(base)); ref_prot = pte_pgprot(pte_clrhuge(*kpte)); + /* + * If we ever want to utilize the PAT bit, we need to + * update this function to make sure it's converted from + * bit 12 to bit 7 when we cross from the 2MB level to + * the 4K level: + */ + WARN_ON_ONCE(pgprot_val(ref_prot) & _PAGE_PAT_LARGE); #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64 if (level == PG_LEVEL_1G) { @@ -508,18 +515,13 @@ static int split_large_page(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address) #endif /* - * Install the new, split up pagetable. Important details here: - * - * On Intel the NX bit of all levels must be cleared to make a - * page executable. See section 4.13.2 of Intel 64 and IA-32 - * Architectures Software Developer's Manual). + * Install the new, split up pagetable. * - * Mark the entry present. The current mapping might be - * set to not present, which we preserved above. + * We use the standard kernel pagetable protections for the new + * pagetable protections, the actual ptes set above control the + * primary protection behavior: */ - ref_prot = pte_pgprot(pte_mkexec(pte_clrhuge(*kpte))); - pgprot_val(ref_prot) |= _PAGE_PRESENT; - __set_pmd_pte(kpte, address, mk_pte(base, ref_prot)); + __set_pmd_pte(kpte, address, mk_pte(base, __pgprot(_KERNPG_TABLE))); base = NULL; out_unlock: |