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| author | Linus Torvalds | 2020-10-12 15:02:38 -0700 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds | 2020-10-12 15:02:38 -0700 |
| commit | c1b4ec85ee40cc7a9f7b48bea9013094f2d88203 (patch) | |
| tree | bb6d86d5553ed678ae50023f31c40a07be215607 | |
| parent | b85cac574592b843c4be93c83303feeee0c4dc25 (diff) | |
| parent | 7a27ef5e83089090f3a4073a9157c862ef00acfc (diff) | |
Merge tag 'x86-mm-2020-10-12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 mm updates from Ingo Molnar:
"Do not sync vmalloc/ioremap mappings on x86-64 kernels.
Hopefully now without the bugs!"
* tag 'x86-mm-2020-10-12' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
x86/mm/64: Update comment in preallocate_vmalloc_pages()
x86/mm/64: Do not sync vmalloc/ioremap mappings
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 20 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h index 8f63efb2a2cc..52e5f5f2240d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h @@ -159,6 +159,4 @@ extern unsigned int ptrs_per_p4d; #define PGD_KERNEL_START ((PAGE_SIZE / 2) / sizeof(pgd_t)) -#define ARCH_PAGE_TABLE_SYNC_MASK (pgtable_l5_enabled() ? PGTBL_PGD_MODIFIED : PGTBL_P4D_MODIFIED) - #endif /* _ASM_X86_PGTABLE_64_DEFS_H */ diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c index a4ac13cc3fdc..b5a3fa4033d3 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c @@ -217,11 +217,6 @@ static void sync_global_pgds(unsigned long start, unsigned long end) sync_global_pgds_l4(start, end); } -void arch_sync_kernel_mappings(unsigned long start, unsigned long end) -{ - sync_global_pgds(start, end); -} - /* * NOTE: This function is marked __ref because it calls __init function * (alloc_bootmem_pages). It's safe to do it ONLY when after_bootmem == 0. @@ -1257,14 +1252,19 @@ static void __init preallocate_vmalloc_pages(void) if (!p4d) goto failed; - /* - * With 5-level paging the P4D level is not folded. So the PGDs - * are now populated and there is no need to walk down to the - * PUD level. - */ if (pgtable_l5_enabled()) continue; + /* + * The goal here is to allocate all possibly required + * hardware page tables pointed to by the top hardware + * level. + * + * On 4-level systems, the P4D layer is folded away and + * the above code does no preallocation. Below, go down + * to the pud _software_ level to ensure the second + * hardware level is allocated on 4-level systems too. + */ lvl = "pud"; pud = pud_alloc(&init_mm, p4d, addr); if (!pud) |