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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 3/8] arm: fixmap: implement __set_fixmap()
Hi Kees,

On Wed, Sep 03, 2014 at 10:57:04PM +0100, Kees Cook wrote:
> This is used from set_fixmap() and clear_fixmap() via asm-generic/fixmap.h.
> Also makes sure that the fixmap allocation fits into the expected range.
>
> Based on patch by Rabin Vincent.

[...]

> +void __set_fixmap(enum fixed_addresses idx, phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t prot)
> +{
> + unsigned long vaddr = __fix_to_virt(idx);
> + pte_t *pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd_off_k(vaddr), vaddr);
> +
> + /* Make sure fixmap region does not exceed available allocation. */
> + BUILD_BUG_ON(FIXADDR_START + (__end_of_fixed_addresses * PAGE_SIZE) >
> + FIXADDR_END);
> + BUG_ON(idx >= __end_of_fixed_addresses);
> +
> + if (pgprot_val(prot))
> + set_pte_at(NULL, vaddr, pte,
> + pfn_pte(phys >> PAGE_SHIFT, prot));
> + else
> + pte_clear(NULL, vaddr, pte);
> +
> + /*
> + * Given the potential a15 tlbi errata, we can only do tlb flushes
> + * with interrupts disabled. Callers must have taken care of this.
> + */
> + WARN_ON_ONCE(!irqs_disabled());
> + flush_tlb_kernel_range(vaddr, vaddr + PAGE_SIZE);

Aha, this explains why we were confusing each other! The issue is that
interrupts must be *enabled*, so this code does the exact opposite of
what we need.

I think this got lost in a sea of double negatives during the last round
of review.

Will


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