linux-kernel - [git pull] x86 fixes

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Date:	Fri, 20 Feb 2009 15:18:55 +0100
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>
Subject: [git pull] x86 fixes

Linus,

Please pull the latest x86-fixes-for-linus git tree from:

   git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip.git x86-fixes-for-linus

this includes the fix for the PMD permission bug that Steve 
found, and a VMI fix.

 Thanks,

	Ingo

------------------>
Alok N Kataria (1):
      x86, vmi: TSC going backwards check in vmi clocksource

Ingo Molnar (1):
      x86: use the right protections for split-up pagetables


 arch/x86/kernel/vmiclock_32.c |    5 ++++-
 arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c        |   15 +++++----------
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/vmiclock_32.c b/arch/x86/kernel/vmiclock_32.c
index c4c1f9e..bde106c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/vmiclock_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/vmiclock_32.c
@@ -283,10 +283,13 @@ void __devinit vmi_time_ap_init(void)
 #endif
 
 /** vmi clocksource */
+static struct clocksource clocksource_vmi;
 
 static cycle_t read_real_cycles(void)
 {
-	return vmi_timer_ops.get_cycle_counter(VMI_CYCLES_REAL);
+	cycle_t ret = (cycle_t)vmi_timer_ops.get_cycle_counter(VMI_CYCLES_REAL);
+	return ret >= clocksource_vmi.cycle_last ?
+		ret : clocksource_vmi.cycle_last;
 }
 
 static struct clocksource clocksource_vmi = {
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 8ca0d85..7be47d1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -508,18 +508,13 @@ static int split_large_page(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address)
 #endif
 
 	/*
-	 * Install the new, split up pagetable. Important details here:
+	 * Install the new, split up pagetable.
 	 *
-	 * On Intel the NX bit of all levels must be cleared to make a
-	 * page executable. See section 4.13.2 of Intel 64 and IA-32
-	 * Architectures Software Developer's Manual).
-	 *
-	 * Mark the entry present. The current mapping might be
-	 * set to not present, which we preserved above.
+	 * We use the standard kernel pagetable protections for the new
+	 * pagetable protections, the actual ptes set above control the
+	 * primary protection behavior:
 	 */
-	ref_prot = pte_pgprot(pte_mkexec(pte_clrhuge(*kpte)));
-	pgprot_val(ref_prot) |= _PAGE_PRESENT;
-	__set_pmd_pte(kpte, address, mk_pte(base, ref_prot));
+	__set_pmd_pte(kpte, address, mk_pte(base, __pgprot(_KERNPG_TABLE)));
 	base = NULL;
 
 out_unlock:
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