linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86_32: Always run the full set of paging state.

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Date:	Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:15:20 +0000
From:	Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>,
	"Eric W. Biederman" <ebiederm@...ssion.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	Mika Penttilä <mika.penttila@...umbus.fi>
Subject: [PATCH] x86_32: Always run the full set of paging state.

I am preparing to convert the boot time page table to the kernels
native format.  To achieve that I need to enable PAE. Enabling PSE
and the no execute bit would not hurt.  So this patch modifies
the boot cpu path to execute all of the kernels enable code
if and only if we have the proper bits set in mmu_cr4_features.

Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@...ssion.com>
Signed-off-by: Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
Cc: Mika Penttilä <mika.penttila@...umbus.fi>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S |    4 ++--
 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
index 7b9b256..a2b6331 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head_32.S
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ ENTRY(startup_32_smp)
 	movl %eax,%es
 	movl %eax,%fs
 	movl %eax,%gs
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
+3:
 
 /*
  *	New page tables may be in 4Mbyte page mode and may
@@ -267,8 +269,6 @@ ENTRY(startup_32_smp)
 	wrmsr
 
 6:
-#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
-3:
 
 /*
  * Enable paging
-- 
1.5.3.8

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