linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix __swp_entry_to

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Date:   Mon, 27 Mar 2023 16:26:25 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86/mm: fix __swp_entry_to_pte() for Xen PV guests

On 06.03.23 13:32, Juergen Gross wrote:
> Normally __swp_entry_to_pte() is never called with a value translating
> to a valid PTE. The only known exception is pte_swap_tests(), resulting
> in a WARN splat in Xen PV guests, as __pte_to_swp_entry() did
> translate the PFN of the valid PTE to a guest local PFN, while
> __swp_entry_to_pte() doesn't do the opposite translation.
> 
> Fix that by using __pte() in __swp_entry_to_pte() instead of open
> coding the native variant of it.
> 
> For correctness do the similar conversion for __swp_entry_to_pmd().
> 
> Fixes: 05289402d717 ("mm/debug_vm_pgtable: add tests validating arch helpers for core MM features")
> Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>

Any further comments (apart from "It looks sane")?


Juergen


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