KERNPG_TABLE was a bug in earlier patch. Remove it from pte. pte_val() check is redundant as this routine is called immediately after a ptepage is allocated afresh. Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha Index: linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c =================================================================== --- linux-2.6.git.orig/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c 2008-01-15 11:02:23.000000000 -0800 +++ linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c 2008-01-15 11:06:37.000000000 -0800 @@ -541,9 +541,6 @@ if (address >= end) break; - if (pte_val(*pte)) - continue; - /* Nothing to map. Map the null page */ if (!(address & (~PAGE_MASK)) && (address + PAGE_SIZE <= end) && @@ -561,9 +558,9 @@ } if (exec) - entry = _PAGE_NX|_KERNPG_TABLE|_PAGE_GLOBAL|address; + entry = _PAGE_NX|_PAGE_GLOBAL|address; else - entry = _KERNPG_TABLE|_PAGE_GLOBAL|address; + entry = _PAGE_GLOBAL|address; entry &= __supported_pte_mask; set_pte(pte, __pte(entry)); } -- -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/