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SubjectRe: [PATCH 00 of 10] x86: unify asm/pgtable.h
Ingo Molnar wrote:
> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>
>
>> * Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>>>> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC \
>>>>>>> - (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
>>>>>>> + (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> This shouldn't be necessary. The old 64-bit code defined everything
>>>>> without _PAGE_GLOBAL, but then used a MAKE_GLOBAL() macro to OR it
>>>>> in later. This seemed a bit roundabout to me, so I just put it in
>>>>> from the outset.
>>>>>
>>> actually, this is wrong.
>>>
>>> a couple of places use __PAGE_* values, which you've now changed to
>>> include the _PAGE_GLOBAL flag.
>>>
>> yep, fixing this resolves the crash.
>>
>
> but then it crashes init:
>
> init[1]: segfault at ffffffffff600400 ip ffffffffff600400 sp
> 7fff81bedda8 error5printk: 7740690 messages suppressed.
>
> because you changed __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL as well, from:
>
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL \
> (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_USER | _PAGE_ACCESSED)
>
> to:
>
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL (__PAGE_KERNEL_RO | _PAGE_USER)
>
> but __PAGE_KERNEL_RO is an NX one, so the vsyscall cannot execute
> instructions.
>
> so this wants to be:
>
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL (__PAGE_KERNEL_RX | _PAGE_USER)
>
> this was the last bug and the resulting kernel boots fine. 3 nasty bugs
> in one patch :-/
>
> Ingo
>
> ---------------->
> Subject: x86: move all asm/pgtable constants into one place, fix
> From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
>
> fix.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
> ---
> include/asm-x86/pgtable.h | 22 +++++++++++-----------
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>
> Index: linux-x86.q/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-x86.q.orig/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
> +++ linux-x86.q/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
> @@ -68,27 +68,27 @@ extern unsigned long long __PAGE_KERNEL,
> #endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
> #else
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC \
> - (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
> + (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED)
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_NX)
> #endif
>
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_RO (__PAGE_KERNEL & ~_PAGE_RW)
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_RX (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC & ~_PAGE_RW)
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE (__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT)
> -#define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL (__PAGE_KERNEL_RO | _PAGE_USER)
> +#define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL (__PAGE_KERNEL_RX | _PAGE_USER)
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE (__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT)
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE (__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_PSE)
> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_PSE)
>
> -#define PAGE_KERNEL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL)
> -#define PAGE_KERNEL_RO __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RO)
> -#define PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC)
> -#define PAGE_KERNEL_RX __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RX)
> -#define PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE)
> -#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE)
> -#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC)
> -#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL)
> -#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE)
> +#define PAGE_KERNEL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
> +#define PAGE_KERNEL_RO __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RO | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
> +#define PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
> +#define PAGE_KERNEL_RX __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RX | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
> +#define PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
> +#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
> +#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
> +#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
> +#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
>

This isn't correct, because it will set _PAGE_GLOBAL on 32-bit
unconditionally. It needs to be something like:

diff -r a6d5e9e1a81d include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
--- a/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h Tue Jan 08 13:59:42 2008 -0800
+++ b/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h Tue Jan 08 16:37:19 2008 -0800
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ extern unsigned long long __PAGE_KERNEL,
#endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */
#else
#define __PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC \
- (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
+ (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED)
#define __PAGE_KERNEL (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_NX)
#endif

@@ -80,15 +80,17 @@ extern unsigned long long __PAGE_KERNEL,
#define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE (__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_PSE)
#define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_PSE)

-#define PAGE_KERNEL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL)
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_RO __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RO)
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC)
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_RX __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RX)
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE)
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE)
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC)
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL)
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE)
+#define GLOBAL_PGPROT(prot) __pgprot(prot | _PAGE_GLOBAL)
+
+#define PAGE_KERNEL GLOBAL_PGPROT(__PAGE_KERNEL)
+#define PAGE_KERNEL_RO GLOBAL_PGPROT(__PAGE_KERNEL_RO)
+#define PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC GLOBAL_PGPROT(__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC)
+#define PAGE_KERNEL_RX GLOBAL_PGPROT(__PAGE_KERNEL_RX)
+#define PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE GLOBAL_PGPROT(__PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE)
+#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE GLOBAL_PGPROT(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE)
+#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC GLOBAL_PGPROT(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC)
+#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL GLOBAL_PGPROT(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL)
+#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE GLOBAL_PGPROT(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE)

/* xwr */
#define __P000 PAGE_NONE



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