Re: [PATCH 08/30] x86, kaiser: unmap kernel from userspace page tables (core patch)

From: Dave Hansen
Date: Wed Nov 22 2017 - 17:54:54 EST


On 11/20/2017 09:21 AM, Thomas Gleixner wrote:
>> +}
>> +
>> static inline void native_set_p4d(p4d_t *p4dp, p4d_t p4d)
>> {
>> +#if defined(CONFIG_KAISER) && !defined(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL)
>> + /*
>> + * set_pgd() does not get called when we are running
>> + * CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=y. So, just hack around it. We
>> + * know here that we have a p4d but that it is really at
>> + * the top level of the page tables; it is really just a
>> + * pgd.
>> + */
>> + /* Do we need to also populate the shadow p4d? */
>> + if (is_userspace_pgd(p4dp))
>> + native_get_shadow_p4d(p4dp)->pgd = p4d.pgd;
> native_get_shadow_p4d() is kinda confusing, as it suggest that we get the
> entry not the pointer to it. native_get_shadow_p4d_ptr() is what it
> actually wants to be, but a setter e.g. native_set_shadow...(), we also
> have set_pgd() would be more obvious I think.

How about "kernel_to_shadow_pgdp()"? ... and friends