linux/arch/arm64
Steve Capper 1a541b4e3c arm64: Fix THP protection change logic
6910fa1 ("arm64: enable PTE type bit in the mask for pte_modify") fixes
a problem whereby a large block of PROT_NONE mapped memory is
incorrectly mapped as block descriptors when mprotect is called.

Unfortunately, a subtle bug was introduced by this fix to the THP logic.

If one mmaps a large block of memory, then faults it such that it is
collapsed into THPs; resulting calls to mprotect on this area of memory
will lead to incorrect table descriptors being written instead of block
descriptors. This is because pmd_modify calls pte_modify which is now
allowed to modify the type of the page table entry.

This patch reverts commit 6910fa16db, and
fixes the problem it was trying to address by adjusting PAGE_NONE to
represent a table entry. Thus no change in pte type is required when
moving from PROT_NONE to a different protection.

Fixes: 6910fa16db ("arm64: enable PTE type bit in the mask for pte_modify")
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> # 4.0+
Cc: Feng Kan <fkan@apm.com>
Reported-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <Ganapatrao.Kulkarni@caviumnetworks.com>
Tested-by: Ganapatrao Kulkarni <gkulkarni@caviumnetworks.com>
Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper@linaro.org>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
2015-10-01 18:02:21 +01:00
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boot Documentation: arm: Fix typo in the idle-states bindings examples 2015-09-24 17:55:32 -05:00
configs arm64: Enable Marvell Berlin SoC family in defconfig 2015-08-06 10:15:57 +02:00
crypto crypto: aead - Remove CRYPTO_ALG_AEAD_NEW flag 2015-08-17 16:53:53 +08:00
include arm64: Fix THP protection change logic 2015-10-01 18:02:21 +01:00
kernel arm64: errata: add module build workaround for erratum #843419 2015-09-17 11:57:03 +01:00
kvm Second set of KVM/ARM changes for 4.3-rc2 2015-09-17 16:51:59 +02:00
lib arm64: atomics: prefetch the destination word for write prior to stxr 2015-07-27 15:28:53 +01:00
mm arm64: dma-mapping: check whether cma area is initialized or not 2015-09-14 12:28:30 +01:00
net arm64: bpf: fix endianness conversion bugs 2015-06-26 14:15:39 +01:00
xen arm: xen: implement multicall hypercall support. 2014-04-24 13:09:46 +01:00
Kconfig arm64: errata: add module build workaround for erratum #843419 2015-09-17 11:57:03 +01:00
Kconfig.debug coresight: moving to new "hwtracing" directory 2015-04-03 16:17:04 +02:00
Kconfig.platforms arm64: Enable Marvell Berlin SoC family in Kconfig 2015-08-06 10:15:01 +02:00
Makefile arm64: errata: add module build workaround for erratum #843419 2015-09-17 11:57:03 +01:00