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Message-Id: <455B3868.76E4.0078.0@novell.com> Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 14:55:20 +0000 From: "Jan Beulich" <jbeulich@...ell.com> To: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: [PATCH] i386: clear_fixmap() should not use set_pte() While not strictly required with the current code (as the upper half of page table entries generated by __set_fixmap() cannot be non-zero due to the second parameter of this function being 'unsigned long'), the use of set_pte() in __set_fixmap() in the context of clear_fixmap() is still improper with CONFIG_X86_PAE (see the respective comment in include/asm-i386/pgtable-3level.h) and would turn into a bug if that second parameter ever gets changed to a 64-bit type. Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com> --- linux-2.6.19-rc5/arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c 2006-11-08 09:21:37.000000000 +0100 +++ 2.6.19-rc5-i386-clear_fixmap/arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c 2006-11-06 12:13:29.000000000 +0100 @@ -95,8 +95,11 @@ static void set_pte_pfn(unsigned long va return; } pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, vaddr); - /* <pfn,flags> stored as-is, to permit clearing entries */ - set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, flags)); + if (pgprot_val(flags)) + /* <pfn,flags> stored as-is, to permit clearing entries */ + set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, flags)); + else + pte_clear(&init_mm, vaddr, pte); /* * It's enough to flush this one mapping. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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