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SubjectRe: [PATCH] fix x86 page table init
Dan Aloni wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 30, 2002 at 09:45:17PM -0400, Brian Gerst wrote:
>
>>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.
>
>
> In the patch below, isn't there a bootmem page leak in case !pmd_none(*pmd)?

Whoops. That's what happens when one needs to recreate a patch from
memory. Revised patch attached.

--
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 Wed Jul 31 00:32:37 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;
+ if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
+ 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();
+ } 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;
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