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Subject: Re: [PATCH] riscv: Sync efi page table's kernel mappings before switching
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Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2022 16:37:15 -0800
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From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
To:     Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@rivosinc.com>,
        linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
        Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt@canonical.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@eecs.berkeley.edu>,
        Emil Renner Berthing <emil.renner.berthing@canonical.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
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On Mon, 21 Nov 2022 14:33:03 +0100, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
> The EFI page table is initially created as a copy of the kernel page table.
> With VMAP_STACK enabled, kernel stacks are allocated in the vmalloc area:
> if the stack is allocated in a new PGD (one that was not present at the
> moment of the efi page table creation or not synced in a previous vmalloc
> fault), the kernel will take a trap when switching to the efi page table
> when the vmalloc kernel stack is accessed, resulting in a kernel panic.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] riscv: Sync efi page table's kernel mappings before switching
      https://git.kernel.org/palmer/c/3f105a742725

Best regards,
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Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>