linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH v3 02/20] x86: Set the write-protect cache mode for full PAT support

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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2016 18:34:48 -0600
From:   Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
To:     <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-efi@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kvm@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        <x86@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <kasan-dev@...glegroups.com>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <iommu@...ts.linux-foundation.org>
CC:     Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Matt Fleming <matt@...eblueprint.co.uk>,
        Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>,
        Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>,
        "Paolo Bonzini" <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Larry Woodman <lwoodman@...hat.com>,
        "Ingo Molnar" <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
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        Alexander Potapenko <glider@...gle.com>,
        "Thomas Gleixner" <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@...gle.com>
Subject: [RFC PATCH v3 02/20] x86: Set the write-protect cache mode for full
 PAT support

For processors that support PAT, set the write-protect cache mode
(_PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP) entry to the actual write-protect value (x05).

Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@....com>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pat.c |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
index 170cc4f..87e8952 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void pat_init(void)
 		 *      010    2    UC-: _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS
 		 *      011    3    UC : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC
 		 *      100    4    WB : Reserved
-		 *      101    5    WC : Reserved
+		 *      101    5    WP : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP
 		 *      110    6    UC-: Reserved
 		 *      111    7    WT : _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT
 		 *
@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ void pat_init(void)
 		 * corresponding types in the presence of PAT errata.
 		 */
 		pat = PAT(0, WB) | PAT(1, WC) | PAT(2, UC_MINUS) | PAT(3, UC) |
-		      PAT(4, WB) | PAT(5, WC) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, WT);
+		      PAT(4, WB) | PAT(5, WP) | PAT(6, UC_MINUS) | PAT(7, WT);
 	}
 
 	if (!boot_cpu_done) {