[tip:x86/urgent] x86: Do not try to sync identity map for non-mapped pages

tip-bot for Dave Hansen
2013-03-07T22:01:17Z

Commit-ID: 60f583d56aa515b896a9d94f860f52640c1e8a75
Gitweb: http://git.kernel.org/tip/60f583d56aa515b896a9d94f860f52640c1e8a75
Author: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
AuthorDate: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 08:31:51 -0800
Committer: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
CommitDate: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 13:23:28 -0800

x86: Do not try to sync identity map for non-mapped pages

kernel_map_sync_memtype() is called from a variety of contexts. The
pat.c code that calls it seems to ensure that it is not called for
non-ram areas by checking via pat_pagerange_is_ram(). It is important
that it only be called on the actual identity map because there *IS*
no map to sync for highmem pages, or for memory holes.

The ioremap.c uses are not as careful as those from pat.c, and call
kernel_map_sync_memtype() on PCI space which is in the middle of the
kernel identity map _range_, but is not actually mapped.

This patch adds a check to kernel_map_sync_memtype() which probably
duplicates some of the checks already in pat.c. But, it is necessary
for the ioremap.c uses and shouldn't hurt other callers.

I have reproduced this bug and this patch fixes it for me and the
original bug reporter:

https://lkml.org/lkml/2013/2/5/396

Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20130307163151.D9B58C4E@kernel.stglabs.ibm.com
Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave@sr71.net>
Tested-by: Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@i-love.sakura.ne.jp>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
---
arch/x86/mm/pat.c | 7 +++++++
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 2610bd9..6574388 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -563,6 +563,13 @@ int kernel_map_sync_memtype(u64 base, unsigned long size, unsigned long flags)
if (base > __pa(high_memory-1))
return 0;

+ /*
+ * some areas in the middle of the kernel identity range
+ * are not mapped, like the PCI space.
+ */
+ if (!page_is_ram(base >> PAGE_SHIFT))
+ return 0;
+
id_sz = (__pa(high_memory-1) <= base + size) ?
__pa(high_memory) - base :
size;