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SubjectRe: [PATCH v14 04/10] set_memory: allow querying whether set_direct_map_*() is actually enabled
On Thu,  3 Dec 2020 08:29:43 +0200 Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org> wrote:

> From: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
>
> On arm64, set_direct_map_*() functions may return 0 without actually
> changing the linear map. This behaviour can be controlled using kernel
> parameters, so we need a way to determine at runtime whether calls to
> set_direct_map_invalid_noflush() and set_direct_map_default_noflush() have
> any effect.
>
> Extend set_memory API with can_set_direct_map() function that allows
> checking if calling set_direct_map_*() will actually change the page table,
> replace several occurrences of open coded checks in arm64 with the new
> function and provide a generic stub for architectures that always modify
> page tables upon calls to set_direct_map APIs.
>
> ...
>
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c
> @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
> #include <linux/io.h>
> #include <linux/mm.h>
> #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
> +#include <linux/set_memory.h>
>
> #include <asm/barrier.h>
> #include <asm/cputype.h>
> @@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ static void __init map_mem(pgd_t *pgdp)
> int flags = 0;
> u64 i;
>
> - if (rodata_full || debug_pagealloc_enabled())
> + if (can_set_direct_map())
> flags = NO_BLOCK_MAPPINGS | NO_CONT_MAPPINGS;

Changes in -next turned this into

if (can_set_direct_map() || crash_mem_map)


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