linux/arch/x86/include
David Vrabel e3a1f6cac1 x86: pte_protnone() and pmd_protnone() must check entry is not present
Since _PAGE_PROTNONE aliases _PAGE_GLOBAL it is only valid if
_PAGE_PRESENT is clear.  Make pte_protnone() and pmd_protnone() check
for this.

This fixes a 64-bit Xen PV guest regression introduced by 8a0516ed8b
("mm: convert p[te|md]_numa users to p[te|md]_protnone_numa").  Any
userspace process would endlessly fault.

In a 64-bit PV guest, userspace page table entries have _PAGE_GLOBAL set
by the hypervisor.  This meant that any fault on a present userspace
entry (e.g., a write to a read-only mapping) would be misinterpreted as
a NUMA hinting fault and the fault would not be correctly handled,
resulting in the access endlessly faulting.

Signed-off-by: David Vrabel <david.vrabel@citrix.com>
Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2015-02-19 15:04:49 -08:00
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asm x86: pte_protnone() and pmd_protnone() must check entry is not present 2015-02-19 15:04:49 -08:00
uapi/asm Char / Misc patches for 3.20-rc1 2015-02-15 10:48:44 -08:00