From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759036AbYAIBEn (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:04:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756508AbYAIA44 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:56:56 -0500 Received: from gw.goop.org ([64.81.55.164]:35880 "EHLO mail.goop.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757428AbYAIA4z (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Jan 2008 19:56:55 -0500 Message-ID: <47841B67.1030902@goop.org> Date: Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:55:03 -0800 From: Jeremy Fitzhardinge User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ingo Molnar CC: LKML , Andi Kleen , Glauber de Oliveira Costa , Jan Beulich Subject: Re: [PATCH 00 of 10] x86: unify asm/pgtable.h References: <20080108224244.GA3768@elte.hu> <20080108231226.GA10744@elte.hu> <478405DA.40303@goop.org> <20080108232803.GA19906@elte.hu> <20080108234449.GA24274@elte.hu> <20080109000146.GA29095@elte.hu> <47841194.2010208@goop.org> <20080109002014.GB31289@elte.hu> <20080109002803.GA3732@elte.hu> <20080109003034.GA4658@elte.hu> <20080109004329.GA6603@elte.hu> In-Reply-To: <20080109004329.GA6603@elte.hu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Ingo Molnar wrote: > > >> * Ingo Molnar wrote: >> >> >>>>>>> #define __PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC \ >>>>>>> - (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_GLOBAL) >>>>>>> + (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED) >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> This shouldn't be necessary. The old 64-bit code defined everything >>>>> without _PAGE_GLOBAL, but then used a MAKE_GLOBAL() macro to OR it >>>>> in later. This seemed a bit roundabout to me, so I just put it in >>>>> from the outset. >>>>> >>> actually, this is wrong. >>> >>> a couple of places use __PAGE_* values, which you've now changed to >>> include the _PAGE_GLOBAL flag. >>> >> yep, fixing this resolves the crash. >> > > but then it crashes init: > > init[1]: segfault at ffffffffff600400 ip ffffffffff600400 sp > 7fff81bedda8 error5printk: 7740690 messages suppressed. > > because you changed __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL as well, from: > > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL \ > (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_USER | _PAGE_ACCESSED) > > to: > > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL (__PAGE_KERNEL_RO | _PAGE_USER) > > but __PAGE_KERNEL_RO is an NX one, so the vsyscall cannot execute > instructions. > > so this wants to be: > > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL (__PAGE_KERNEL_RX | _PAGE_USER) > > this was the last bug and the resulting kernel boots fine. 3 nasty bugs > in one patch :-/ > :-/ indeed. One #ifdef/include-hell bug, one typo, and one... well, see my other mail. I think my _PAGE_GLOBAL change is actually valid, and the bug is in change_page_attr after all. J > Ingo > > ----------------> > Subject: x86: move all asm/pgtable constants into one place, fix > From: Ingo Molnar > > fix. > > Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar > --- > include/asm-x86/pgtable.h | 22 +++++++++++----------- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > Index: linux-x86.q/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h > =================================================================== > --- linux-x86.q.orig/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h > +++ linux-x86.q/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h > @@ -68,27 +68,27 @@ extern unsigned long long __PAGE_KERNEL, > #endif /* __ASSEMBLER__ */ > #else > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC \ > - (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_GLOBAL) > + (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_RW | _PAGE_DIRTY | _PAGE_ACCESSED) > #define __PAGE_KERNEL (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_NX) > #endif > > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_RO (__PAGE_KERNEL & ~_PAGE_RW) > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_RX (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC & ~_PAGE_RW) > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE (__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT) > -#define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL (__PAGE_KERNEL_RO | _PAGE_USER) > +#define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL (__PAGE_KERNEL_RX | _PAGE_USER) > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE (__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PWT) > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE (__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_PSE) > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC (__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_PSE) > > -#define PAGE_KERNEL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL) > -#define PAGE_KERNEL_RO __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RO) > -#define PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC) > -#define PAGE_KERNEL_RX __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RX) > -#define PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE) > -#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE) > -#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC) > -#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL) > -#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE) > +#define PAGE_KERNEL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL | _PAGE_GLOBAL) > +#define PAGE_KERNEL_RO __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RO | _PAGE_GLOBAL) > +#define PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC | _PAGE_GLOBAL) > +#define PAGE_KERNEL_RX __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_RX | _PAGE_GLOBAL) > +#define PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_NOCACHE | _PAGE_GLOBAL) > +#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE | _PAGE_GLOBAL) > +#define PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_LARGE_EXEC | _PAGE_GLOBAL) > +#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL | _PAGE_GLOBAL) > +#define PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE __pgprot(__PAGE_KERNEL_VSYSCALL_NOCACHE | _PAGE_GLOBAL) > > /* xwr */ > #define __P000 PAGE_NONE >