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From: tip-bot for Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
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Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, hpa@zytor.com, mingo@redhat.com,
	yhlu.kernel@gmail.com, jbeulich@novell.com, JBeulich@novell.com,
	tglx@linutronix.de, mingo@elte.hu
Subject: [tip:x86/pat] x86: Fix earlyprintk=dbgp for machines without NX
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:58:06 GMT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <tip-47d25003cbd9e9030a95f7ccc4e70fec6aa7b844@git.kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4A97F3BD02000078000121B9@vpn.id2.novell.com>

Commit-ID:  47d25003cbd9e9030a95f7ccc4e70fec6aa7b844
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/47d25003cbd9e9030a95f7ccc4e70fec6aa7b844
Author:     Jan Beulich <JBeulich@novell.com>
AuthorDate: Fri, 28 Aug 2009 14:11:57 +0100
Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
CommitDate: Sat, 29 Aug 2009 15:47:32 +0200

x86: Fix earlyprintk=dbgp for machines without NX

Since parse_early_param() may (e.g. for earlyprintk=dbgp)
involve calls to page table manipulation functions (here
set_fixmap_nocache()), NX hardware support must be determined
before calling that function (so that __supported_pte_mask gets
properly set up).

But the call after parse_early_param() can also not go away, as
that will honor eventual command line specified disabling of
the NX functionality.

( This will then just result in whatever mappings got
  established during parse_early_param() having the NX bit set
  despite it being disabled on the command line, but I think
  that's tolerable).

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Cc: Yinghai Lu <yhlu.kernel@gmail.com>
LKML-Reference: <4A97F3BD02000078000121B9@vpn.id2.novell.com>
[ merged to x86/pat to resolve a conflict. ]
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>


---
 arch/x86/kernel/setup.c |   10 ++++++++++
 1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
index 02643cc..eb1f1e6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
@@ -714,6 +714,16 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 	strlcpy(command_line, boot_command_line, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
 	*cmdline_p = command_line;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+	/*
+	 * Must call this twice: Once just to detect whether hardware doesn't
+	 * support NX (so that the early EHCI debug console setup can safely
+	 * call set_fixmap(), and then again after parsing early parameters to
+	 * honor the respective command line option.
+	 */
+	check_efer();
+#endif
+
 	parse_early_param();
 
 	/* VMI may relocate the fixmap; do this before touching ioremap area */

      reply	other threads:[~2009-08-29 13:58 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-08-28 13:11 [PATCH] x86-64: fix earlyprintk=dbgp for machines without NX Jan Beulich
2009-08-29 13:58 ` tip-bot for Jan Beulich [this message]

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