[PATCH] ARM64: mm: Correct show_pte behaviour.
Steve Capper
steve.capper at linaro.org
Fri Apr 19 10:49:31 EDT 2013
show_pte makes use of the *_none_or_clear_bad style functions. If a
pgd, pud or pmd is identified as being bad, it will then be cleared.
As show_pte appears to be called from either the user or kernel
fault handlers this side effect can lead to unpredictable behaviour;
especially as TLB entries are not invalidated.
This patch removes the page table sanitisation from show_pte. If a
bad pgd, pud or pmd is encountered it is left unmodified.
Signed-off-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper at linaro.org>
---
arch/arm64/mm/fault.c | 6 +++---
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index afadae6..5263817 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -57,16 +57,16 @@ void show_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
pmd_t *pmd;
pte_t *pte;
- if (pgd_none_or_clear_bad(pgd))
+ if (pgd_none(*pgd) || pgd_bad(*pgd))
break;
pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
- if (pud_none_or_clear_bad(pud))
+ if (pud_none(*pud) || pud_bad(*pud))
break;
pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
printk(", *pmd=%016llx", pmd_val(*pmd));
- if (pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd))
+ if (pmd_none(*pmd) || pmd_bad(*pmd))
break;
pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, addr);
--
1.8.1.4
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