Messages in this thread Patch in this message |  | | | Date | Tue, 30 Jul 2002 21:45:17 -0400 | | From | Brian Gerst <> | | Subject | [PATCH] fix x86 page table init |
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The recent changes to the x86 page table init reintroduced a bug with the 4k pagetables. The page table must be filled with entries before it is inserted into the pmd or else you risk a tlb miss on a kernel code page causing an oops. This patch takes a different approach than before - it allows for reuse of the boot pagetable pages instead of allocating new ones.
-- Brian Gerst diff -urN linux-bk/arch/i386/mm/init.c linux/arch/i386/mm/init.c --- linux-bk/arch/i386/mm/init.c Tue Jul 30 20:59:27 2002 +++ linux/arch/i386/mm/init.c Tue Jul 30 21:02:41 2002 @@ -70,10 +70,14 @@ */ static pte_t * __init one_page_table_init(pmd_t *pmd) { - pte_t *page_table = (pte_t *) alloc_bootmem_low_pages(PAGE_SIZE); - set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(__pa(page_table) | _KERNPG_TABLE)); - if (page_table != pte_offset_kernel(pmd, 0)) - BUG(); + pte_t *page_table; + page_table = (pte_t *) alloc_bootmem_low_pages(PAGE_SIZE); + if (pmd_none(*pmd)) { + set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(__pa(page_table) | _KERNPG_TABLE)); + if (page_table != pte_offset_kernel(pmd, 0)) + BUG(); + } else + page_table = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, 0); return page_table; } @@ -107,9 +111,7 @@ pmd = pmd_offset(pgd, vaddr); for (; (pmd_ofs < PTRS_PER_PMD) && (vaddr != end); pmd++, pmd_ofs++) { - if (pmd_none(*pmd)) - one_page_table_init(pmd); - + one_page_table_init(pmd); vaddr += PMD_SIZE; } pmd_ofs = 0; |  |