Re: [PATCH 2/3] x86, mm: Don't clear page table if next range is ram

[Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad@kernel.org>]

On Sat, Oct 06, 2012 at 12:44:28AM -0700, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> During adding code from BRK to map buffer for final page table,
> 
> It should be safe to remove early_memmap for page table accessing.
> 
> But get panic after that.
> 
> It turns out we clear the initial page table wrongly for next range
> that is separated by holes.

Were are the holes? Are these E820 holes?

> And it only happens when we are trying to map range one by one range.
> 
> After checking before clearing the related page table to fix the problem.

Huh?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/x86/mm/init_64.c |   39 +++++++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> index 5375cf0..0348a02 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> @@ -367,20 +367,21 @@ static unsigned long __meminit
>  phys_pte_init(pte_t *pte_page, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>  	      pgprot_t prot)
>  {
> -	unsigned pages = 0;
> +	unsigned long pages = 0, next;
>  	unsigned long last_map_addr = end;
>  	int i;
>  
>  	pte_t *pte = pte_page + pte_index(addr);
>  
> -	for(i = pte_index(addr); i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, pte++) {
> +	for (i = pte_index(addr); i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, addr = next, pte++) {
>  
> +		next = (addr & PAGE_MASK) + PAGE_SIZE;
>  		if (addr >= end) {
> -			if (!after_bootmem) {
> -				for(; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, pte++)
> -					set_pte(pte, __pte(0));
> -			}
> -			break;
> +			if (!after_bootmem &&
> +			    addr < (2UL<<30) &&

Why 2G?
> +			    !e820_any_mapped(addr & PAGE_MASK, next, 0))

What is the 0 parameter for?
> +				set_pte(pte, __pte(0));
> +			continue;
>  		}
>  
>  		/*
> @@ -422,16 +423,15 @@ phys_pmd_init(pmd_t *pmd_page, unsigned long address, unsigned long end,
>  		pte_t *pte;
>  		pgprot_t new_prot = prot;
>  
> +		next = (address & PMD_MASK) + PMD_SIZE;
>  		if (address >= end) {
> -			if (!after_bootmem) {
> -				for (; i < PTRS_PER_PMD; i++, pmd++)
> -					set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(0));
> -			}
> -			break;
> +			if (!after_bootmem &&
> +			    address < (2UL<<30) &&
> +			    !e820_any_mapped(address & PMD_MASK, next, 0))
> +				set_pmd(pmd, __pmd(0));
> +			continue;
>  		}
>  
> -		next = (address & PMD_MASK) + PMD_SIZE;
> -
>  		if (pmd_val(*pmd)) {
>  			if (!pmd_large(*pmd)) {
>  				spin_lock(&init_mm.page_table_lock);
> @@ -498,13 +498,12 @@ phys_pud_init(pud_t *pud_page, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>  		pmd_t *pmd;
>  		pgprot_t prot = PAGE_KERNEL;
>  
> -		if (addr >= end)
> -			break;

Why do you get rid of that?
> -
>  		next = (addr & PUD_MASK) + PUD_SIZE;
> -
> -		if (!after_bootmem && !e820_any_mapped(addr, next, 0)) {
> -			set_pud(pud, __pud(0));
> +		if (addr >= end) {
> +			if (!after_bootmem &&
> +			    addr < (2UL<<30) &&
> +			    !e820_any_mapped(addr & PUD_MASK, next, 0))
> +				set_pud(pud, __pud(0));
>  			continue;
>  		}
>  
> -- 
> 1.7.7
> 
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