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1 files changed, 22 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
index 631507f0c198..8082f8b0c10e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pti.c
@@ -300,6 +300,27 @@ pti_clone_pmds(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, pmdval_t clear)
return;
/*
+ * Only clone present PMDs. This ensures only setting
+ * _PAGE_GLOBAL on present PMDs. This should only be
+ * called on well-known addresses anyway, so a non-
+ * present PMD would be a surprise.
+ */
+ if (WARN_ON(!(pmd_flags(*pmd) & _PAGE_PRESENT)))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * Setting 'target_pmd' below creates a mapping in both
+ * the user and kernel page tables. It is effectively
+ * global, so set it as global in both copies. Note:
+ * the X86_FEATURE_PGE check is not _required_ because
+ * the CPU ignores _PAGE_GLOBAL when PGE is not
+ * supported. The check keeps consistentency with
+ * code that only set this bit when supported.
+ */
+ if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PGE))
+ *pmd = pmd_set_flags(*pmd, _PAGE_GLOBAL);
+
+ /*
* Copy the PMD. That is, the kernelmode and usermode
* tables will share the last-level page tables of this
* address range
@@ -348,7 +369,7 @@ static void __init pti_clone_entry_text(void)
{
pti_clone_pmds((unsigned long) __entry_text_start,
(unsigned long) __irqentry_text_end,
- _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_GLOBAL);
+ _PAGE_RW);
}
/*