linux-kernel - Re: [RESUBMIT][PATCH] x86/mm: Fix PAT bit missing from page protection modify mask

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Message-ID: <bd70e7b8-1971-6982-979a-ce1eb4c93465@suse.com>
Date:   Fri, 2 Jun 2023 16:48:11 +0200
From:   Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     Janusz Krzysztofik <janusz.krzysztofik@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>,
        Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Marek Marczykowski-Górecki 
        <marmarek@...isiblethingslab.com>,
        Andi Shyti <andi.shyti@...ux.intel.com>,
        drm-intel@...ts.freedesktop.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org
Subject: Re: [RESUBMIT][PATCH] x86/mm: Fix PAT bit missing from page
 protection modify mask

On 02.06.23 16:43, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 01, 2023 at 10:47:39AM +0200, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> As described in the commit message, this only works on bare metal due to the
>> PAT bit not being needed for WC mappings.
>>
>> Making this patch Xen specific would try to cure the symptoms without fixing
>> the underlying problem: _PAGE_PAT should be regarded the same way as the bits
>> for caching mode (_PAGE_CHG_MASK).
> 
> So why isn't _PAGE_PAT part of _PAGE_CHG_MASK?

This would result in problems for large pages: _PAGE_PSE is at the same
position as _PAGE_PAT (large pages are using _PAGE_PAT_LARGE instead).

Yes, x86 ABI is a mess.


Juergen


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