linux-kernel - [PATCH x86,mm] cleanup: don't corrupt pgt_buf

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Date:	Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:37:11 +0800
From:	Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
To:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
CC:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH x86,mm]  cleanup: don't corrupt pgt_buf_end when we don't
 allocated from it

when after_bootmem, alloc_low_page() allow page from get_zeroed_page(),
so we should not corrupt pgt_buf_end.

Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <laijs@...fujitsu.com>
---
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 436a030..cba66c6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ void __init cleanup_highmap(void)
 
 static __ref void *alloc_low_page(unsigned long *phys)
 {
-	unsigned long pfn = pgt_buf_end++;
+	unsigned long pfn;
 	void *adr;
 
 	if (after_bootmem) {
@@ -327,6 +327,7 @@ static __ref void *alloc_low_page(unsigned long *phys)
 		return adr;
 	}
 
+	pfn = pgt_buf_end++;
 	if (pfn >= pgt_buf_top)
 		panic("alloc_low_page: ran out of memory");
 
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