[PATCH] check pmd type before modifying pte
janboe
janboe.ye at gmail.com
Mon Oct 12 11:21:29 EDT 2009
This patch could give a warning before modifing pte when pmd type is
not correct.
Signed-off-by: janboe <janboe.ye at gmail.com>
---
arch/arm/mm/mmu.c | 5 +++++
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index 4426ee6..ac8f27b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -487,6 +487,11 @@ static void __init alloc_init_pte(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr,
__pmd_populate(pmd, __pa(pte) | type->prot_l1);
}
+ if (pmd_bad(*pmd))
+ printk(KERN_WARNING "BUG: mapping for 0x%8lx at 0x%08lx "
+ "pmd is not correct\n",
+ __pfn_to_phys(pfn), addr);
+
pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
do {
set_pte_ext(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, __pgprot(type->prot_pte)), 0);
--
1.6.3.3
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