Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756161AbaGIRVl (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 13:21:41 -0400 Received: from aserp1040.oracle.com ([141.146.126.69]:29043 "EHLO aserp1040.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751268AbaGIRVk (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jul 2014 13:21:40 -0400 From: Boris Ostrovsky To: hpa@linux.intel.com Cc: konrad.wilk@oracle.com, david.vrabel@citrix.com, linux@eikelenboom.it, xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com Subject: [PATCH] espfix/xen: Fix allocation of pages for paravirt page tables Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 13:18:18 -0400 Message-Id: <1404926298-5565-1-git-send-email-boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.1.4 X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org init_espfix_ap() is currently off by one level when informing hypervisor that allocated pages will be used for ministacks' page tables. The most immediate effect of this on a PV guest is that if 'stack_page = __get_free_page()' returns a non-zeroed-out page the hypervisor will refuse to use it for a page table (which it shouldn't be anyway). This will result in warnings by both Xen and Linux. More importantly, a subsequent write to that page (again, by a PV guest) is likely to result in fatal page fault. Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky --- arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c | 5 ++--- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c index 6afbb16..94d857f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/espfix_64.c @@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ void init_espfix_ap(void) if (!pud_present(pud)) { pmd_p = (pmd_t *)__get_free_page(PGALLOC_GFP); pud = __pud(__pa(pmd_p) | (PGTABLE_PROT & ptemask)); - paravirt_alloc_pud(&init_mm, __pa(pmd_p) >> PAGE_SHIFT); + paravirt_alloc_pmd(&init_mm, __pa(pmd_p) >> PAGE_SHIFT); for (n = 0; n < ESPFIX_PUD_CLONES; n++) set_pud(&pud_p[n], pud); } @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ void init_espfix_ap(void) if (!pmd_present(pmd)) { pte_p = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(PGALLOC_GFP); pmd = __pmd(__pa(pte_p) | (PGTABLE_PROT & ptemask)); - paravirt_alloc_pmd(&init_mm, __pa(pte_p) >> PAGE_SHIFT); + paravirt_alloc_pte(&init_mm, __pa(pte_p) >> PAGE_SHIFT); for (n = 0; n < ESPFIX_PMD_CLONES; n++) set_pmd(&pmd_p[n], pmd); } @@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ void init_espfix_ap(void) pte_p = pte_offset_kernel(&pmd, addr); stack_page = (void *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL); pte = __pte(__pa(stack_page) | (__PAGE_KERNEL_RO & ptemask)); - paravirt_alloc_pte(&init_mm, __pa(stack_page) >> PAGE_SHIFT); for (n = 0; n < ESPFIX_PTE_CLONES; n++) set_pte(&pte_p[n*PTE_STRIDE], pte); -- 1.8.1.4 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/