linux-kernel - [PATCH 06/16] x86/mm/ldt: Reserve high address-space range for the LDT

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jan 2018 17:36:49 +0100
From:   Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>,
        "H . Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
        Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
        Eduardo Valentin <eduval@...zon.com>,
        Greg KH <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, aliguori@...zon.com,
        daniel.gruss@...k.tugraz.at, hughd@...gle.com, keescook@...gle.com,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Waiman Long <llong@...hat.com>, jroedel@...e.de,
        joro@...tes.org
Subject: [PATCH 06/16] x86/mm/ldt: Reserve high address-space range for the LDT

From: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>

Reserve 2MB/4MB of address space for mapping the LDT to
user-space.

Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <jroedel@...e.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h
index ce245b0cdfca..3c30a7fcae68 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_32_types.h
@@ -47,9 +47,12 @@ extern bool __vmalloc_start_set; /* set once high_memory is set */
 #define CPU_ENTRY_AREA_BASE				\
 	((FIXADDR_START - PAGE_SIZE * (CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PAGES + 1)) & PMD_MASK)
 
-#define PKMAP_BASE		\
+#define LDT_BASE_ADDR		\
 	((CPU_ENTRY_AREA_BASE - PAGE_SIZE) & PMD_MASK)
 
+#define PKMAP_BASE		\
+	((LDT_BASE_ADDR - PAGE_SIZE) & PMD_MASK)
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
 # define VMALLOC_END	(PKMAP_BASE - 2 * PAGE_SIZE)
 #else
-- 
2.13.6