linux-kernel - Re: -tip tree resume fail, bisect to 5bd5a45(x86: Add NX protection for kernel data)

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Date:	Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:29:39 +0100
From:	castet.matthieu@...e.fr
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Lin Ming <ming.m.lin@...el.com>,
	Matthieu Castet <castet.matthieu@...e.fr>,
	Siarhei Liakh <sliakh.lkml@...il.com>,
	Xuxian Jiang <jiang@...ncsu.edu>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, tglx <tglx@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: -tip tree resume fail, bisect to 5bd5a45(x86: Add NX protection for kernel data)

Hi,

Quoting Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>:

> On Mon, 2010-11-22 at 15:23 +0800, Lin Ming wrote:
> > Hi, all
> >
> > Current -tip tree(92c883a) fail to resume after suspend to mem.
> > Bisect to commit 5bd5a45(x86: Add NX protection for kernel data).
>
> Drad, if only I'd looked at LKML before I did the bisection myself..
>
> > commit 5bd5a452662bc37c54fb6828db1a3faf87e6511c
> > Author: Matthieu Castet <castet.matthieu@...e.fr>
> > Date:   Tue Nov 16 22:31:26 2010 +0100
> >
> >     x86: Add NX protection for kernel data
> >
> >
> > I did some debug and found the regression is caused by below line.
> >
> > -       set_memory_nx(rodata_start, (end - rodata_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
> > +       set_memory_nx(rodata_start, (kernel_end - rodata_start) >>
> PAGE_SHIFT);
>
>
> Confirmed, with that hunk reverted my machine works again..
>
Ok,
I will submit a proper fix :
in acpi_save_state_mem/acpi_restore_state_mem make the trampoline X or NX.


Matthieu
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