linux-kernel - [PATCH] powerpc/40x: Always fault when _PAGE

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Date:   Sat, 10 Oct 2020 15:14:29 +0000 (UTC)
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
To:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: [PATCH] powerpc/40x: Always fault when _PAGE_ACCESSED is not set

The kernel expects pte_young() to work regardless of CONFIG_SWAP.

Make sure a minor fault is taken to set _PAGE_ACCESSED when it
is not already set, regardless of the selection of CONFIG_SWAP.

Fixes: 2c74e2586bb9 ("powerpc/40x: Rework 40x PTE access and TLB miss")
Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S | 8 --------
 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
index 44c9018aed1b..a1ae00689e0f 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_40x.S
@@ -284,11 +284,7 @@ _ENTRY(saved_ksp_limit)
 
 	rlwimi	r11, r10, 22, 20, 29	/* Compute PTE address */
 	lwz	r11, 0(r11)		/* Get Linux PTE */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 	li	r9, _PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_ACCESSED
-#else
-	li	r9, _PAGE_PRESENT
-#endif
 	andc.	r9, r9, r11		/* Check permission */
 	bne	5f
 
@@ -369,11 +365,7 @@ _ENTRY(saved_ksp_limit)
 
 	rlwimi	r11, r10, 22, 20, 29	/* Compute PTE address */
 	lwz	r11, 0(r11)		/* Get Linux PTE */
-#ifdef CONFIG_SWAP
 	li	r9, _PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_ACCESSED | _PAGE_EXEC
-#else
-	li	r9, _PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_EXEC
-#endif
 	andc.	r9, r9, r11		/* Check permission */
 	bne	5f
 
-- 
2.25.0