linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.15 085/105] x86/vsyscall/64: Use proper accessor to update P4D entry

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Date:   Tue, 27 Mar 2018 18:28:05 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 4.15 085/105] x86/vsyscall/64: Use proper accessor to update P4D entry

4.15-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>

commit 31ad7f8e7dc94d3b85ccf9b6141ce6dfd35a1781 upstream.

Writing to it directly does not work for Xen PV guests.

Fixes: 49275fef986a ("x86/vsyscall/64: Explicitly set _PAGE_USER in the pagetable hierarchy")
Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Acked-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180319143154.3742-1-boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>

---
 arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/vsyscall/vsyscall_64.c
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void __init set_vsyscall_pgtable_user_bi
 	set_pgd(pgd, __pgd(pgd_val(*pgd) | _PAGE_USER));
 	p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, VSYSCALL_ADDR);
 #if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS >= 5
-	p4d->p4d |= _PAGE_USER;
+	set_p4d(p4d, __p4d(p4d_val(*p4d) | _PAGE_USER));
 #endif
 	pud = pud_offset(p4d, VSYSCALL_ADDR);
 	set_pud(pud, __pud(pud_val(*pud) | _PAGE_USER));