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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index bb6e8a267bfe..2a50e0fa64a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -390,14 +390,6 @@ int free_memtype(u64 start, u64 end)
}
-/*
- * /dev/mem mmap interface. The memtype used for mapping varies:
- * - Use UC for mappings with O_SYNC flag
- * - Without O_SYNC flag, if there is any conflict in reserve_memtype,
- * inherit the memtype from existing mapping.
- * - Else use UC_MINUS memtype (for backward compatibility with existing
- * X drivers.
- */
pgprot_t phys_mem_access_prot(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
unsigned long size, pgprot_t vma_prot)
{
@@ -435,14 +427,14 @@ int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
unsigned long size, pgprot_t *vma_prot)
{
u64 offset = ((u64) pfn) << PAGE_SHIFT;
- unsigned long flags = _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS;
+ unsigned long flags = -1;
int retval;
if (!range_is_allowed(pfn, size))
return 0;
if (file->f_flags & O_SYNC) {
- flags = _PAGE_CACHE_UC;
+ flags = _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS;
}
#ifdef CONFIG_X86_32
@@ -465,13 +457,14 @@ int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
#endif
/*
- * With O_SYNC, we can only take UC mapping. Fail if we cannot.
+ * With O_SYNC, we can only take UC_MINUS mapping. Fail if we cannot.
+ *
* Without O_SYNC, we want to get
* - WB for WB-able memory and no other conflicting mappings
* - UC_MINUS for non-WB-able memory with no other conflicting mappings
* - Inherit from confliting mappings otherwise
*/
- if (flags != _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS) {
+ if (flags != -1) {
retval = reserve_memtype(offset, offset + size, flags, NULL);
} else {
retval = reserve_memtype(offset, offset + size, -1, &flags);