[PATCH v2 2/2] x86/mm/ident_map: Use gbpages only where full GB page should be mapped.
Steve Wahl
steve.wahl at hpe.com
Mon Jul 15 11:53:09 PDT 2024
When ident_pud_init() uses only gbpages to create identity maps, large
ranges of addresses not actually requested can be included in the
resulting table; a 4K request will map a full GB. This can include a
lot of extra address space past that requested, including areas marked
reserved by the BIOS. That allows processor speculation into reserved
regions, that on UV systems can cause system halts.
Only use gbpages when map creation requests include the full GB page
of space. Fall back to using smaller 2M pages when only portions of a
GB page are included in the request.
No attempt is made to coalesce mapping requests. If a request requires
a map entry at the 2M (pmd) level, subsequent mapping requests within
the same 1G region will also be at the pmd level, even if adjacent or
overlapping such requests could have been combined to map a full
gbpage. Existing usage starts with larger regions and then adds
smaller regions, so this should not have any great consequence.
Signed-off-by: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl at hpe.com>
Tested-by: Pavin Joseph <me at pavinjoseph.com>
Tested-by: Sarah Brofeldt <srhb at dbc.dk>
Tested-by: Eric Hagberg <ehagberg at gmail.com>
---
arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++-----
1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c b/arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c
index 968d7005f4a7..a204a332c71f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c
@@ -26,18 +26,31 @@ static int ident_pud_init(struct x86_mapping_info *info, pud_t *pud_page,
for (; addr < end; addr = next) {
pud_t *pud = pud_page + pud_index(addr);
pmd_t *pmd;
+ bool use_gbpage;
next = (addr & PUD_MASK) + PUD_SIZE;
if (next > end)
next = end;
- if (info->direct_gbpages) {
- pud_t pudval;
+ /* if this is already a gbpage, this portion is already mapped */
+ if (pud_leaf(*pud))
+ continue;
+
+ /* Is using a gbpage allowed? */
+ use_gbpage = info->direct_gbpages;
- if (pud_present(*pud))
- continue;
+ /* Don't use gbpage if it maps more than the requested region. */
+ /* at the begining: */
+ use_gbpage &= ((addr & ~PUD_MASK) == 0);
+ /* ... or at the end: */
+ use_gbpage &= ((next & ~PUD_MASK) == 0);
+
+ /* Never overwrite existing mappings */
+ use_gbpage &= !pud_present(*pud);
+
+ if (use_gbpage) {
+ pud_t pudval;
- addr &= PUD_MASK;
pudval = __pud((addr - info->offset) | info->page_flag);
set_pud(pud, pudval);
continue;
--
2.26.2
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