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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/init.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/init.c | 14 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init.c b/arch/x86/mm/init.c index d8cfce221275..57ba5502aecf 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/init.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init.c @@ -77,10 +77,20 @@ static uint8_t __pte2cachemode_tbl[8] = { [__pte2cm_idx(_PAGE_PWT | _PAGE_PCD | _PAGE_PAT)] = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC, }; -/* Check that the write-protect PAT entry is set for write-protect */ +/* + * Check that the write-protect PAT entry is set for write-protect. + * To do this without making assumptions how PAT has been set up (Xen has + * another layout than the kernel), translate the _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP cache + * mode via the __cachemode2pte_tbl[] into protection bits (those protection + * bits will select a cache mode of WP or better), and then translate the + * protection bits back into the cache mode using __pte2cm_idx() and the + * __pte2cachemode_tbl[] array. This will return the really used cache mode. + */ bool x86_has_pat_wp(void) { - return __pte2cachemode_tbl[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP] == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP; + uint16_t prot = __cachemode2pte_tbl[_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP]; + + return __pte2cachemode_tbl[__pte2cm_idx(prot)] == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP; } enum page_cache_mode pgprot2cachemode(pgprot_t pgprot) |