linux-kernel - [PATCH 4 of 4] x86: mask NX from pte

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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:17:09 -0800
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Andi Kleen <ak@...e.de>,
	Glauber de Oliveira Costa <glommer@...il.com>,
	Jan Beulich <jbeulich@...ell.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4 of 4] x86: mask NX from pte_pfn

In 32-bit PAE, mask NX from pte_pfn, since it isn't part of the PFN.
This code is due for unification anyway, but this fixes a latent bug.

Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...source.com>

---
 include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h b/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h
--- a/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/pgtable-3level.h
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static inline int pte_none(pte_t pte)
 
 static inline unsigned long pte_pfn(pte_t pte)
 {
-	return pte_val(pte) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	return (pte_val(pte) >> PAGE_SHIFT) & ~_PAGE_NX;
 }
 
 /*


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