linux-kernel - [PATCH] mm: Avoid overlap the fixmap area on i386

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Date:	Thu, 23 Oct 2014 23:36:17 +0800
From:	Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@...il.com>
To:	tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] mm: Avoid overlap the fixmap area on i386

From: Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@...il.com>

It is a problem when configuring high memory off where the vmalloc
reserve area could end up overlapping the early_ioremap fixmap
area on i386.

The ordering of the VMALLOC_RESERVE space is:
FIXADDR_TOP
                       fixed_addresses
FIXADDR_START
                       early_ioremap fixed addresses
FIXADDR_BOOT_START
                       Persistent kmap area
PKMAP_BASE
VMALLOC_END
                       Vmalloc area
VMALLOC_START
high_memory

The available address we can use is lower than FIXADDR_BOOT_START. So
We will set the kmap boundary below the FIXADDR_BOOT_START, if configure
the high memory.

If we configure the high memory, the vmalloc reserve area should end
up to PKMAP_BASE, otherwise should end up to FIXADDR_BOOT_START.

Signed-off-by: Minfei Huang <mnfhuang@...il.com>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h
index ed5903b..2ac5fc8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ extern bool __vmalloc_start_set; /* set once high_memory is set */
#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
# define VMALLOC_END	(PKMAP_BASE - 2 * PAGE_SIZE)
#else
-# define VMALLOC_END	(FIXADDR_START - 2 * PAGE_SIZE)
+# define VMALLOC_END	(FIXADDR_BOOT_START - 2 * PAGE_SIZE)
#endif

#define MODULES_VADDR	VMALLOC_START
-- 
1.8.3.1--
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