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| author |   Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2008-02-15 17:29:12 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> | 2008-02-18 20:54:14 +0100 |
| commit | 31eedd823c1bf3650c450346a0d0c39431034eb9 (patch) | |
| tree | af65f4c77b88f5d907aa54ff1e67b1bdf1488d67 /arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | |
| parent | x86: CPA, fix alias checks (diff) | |
| download | linux-dev-31eedd823c1bf3650c450346a0d0c39431034eb9.tar.xz linux-dev-31eedd823c1bf3650c450346a0d0c39431034eb9.zip | |
x86: zap invalid and unused pmds in early boot
The early boot code maps KERNEL_TEXT_SIZE (currently 40MB) starting
from __START_KERNEL_map. The kernel itself only needs _text to _end
mapped in the high alias. On relocatible kernels the ASM setup code
adjusts the compile time created high mappings to the relocation. This
creates invalid pmd entries for negative offsets:
0xffffffff80000000 -> pmd entry: ffffffffff2001e3
It points outside of the physical address space and is marked present.
This starts at the virtual address __START_KERNEL_map and goes up to
the point where the first valid physical address (0x0) is mapped.
Zap the mappings before _text and after _end right away in early
boot. This removes also the invalid entries.
Furthermore it simplifies the range check for high aliases.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Acked-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S index 09b38d539b09..53e5820d6054 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_64.S @@ -107,8 +107,13 @@ startup_64: movq %rdx, 0(%rbx, %rax, 8) ident_complete: - /* Fixup the kernel text+data virtual addresses + /* + * Fixup the kernel text+data virtual addresses. Note that + * we might write invalid pmds, when the kernel is relocated + * cleanup_highmap() fixes this up along with the mappings + * beyond _end. */ + leaq level2_kernel_pgt(%rip), %rdi leaq 4096(%rdi), %r8 /* See if it is a valid page table entry */ |