[patch 2/4] x86: PAT followup - Remove KERNPG_TABLE from pte entry

[venkatesh . pallipadi]

KERNPG_TABLE was a bug in earlier patch. Remove it from pte.
pte_val() check is redundant as this routine is called immediately after a
ptepage is allocated afresh.

Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@xxxxxxxxx>

Index: linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.git.orig/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c	2008-01-15 11:02:23.000000000 -0800
+++ linux-2.6.git/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c	2008-01-15 11:06:37.000000000 -0800
@@ -541,9 +541,6 @@
 		if (address >= end)
 			break;
 
-		if (pte_val(*pte))
-			continue;
-
 		/* Nothing to map. Map the null page */
 		if (!(address & (~PAGE_MASK)) &&
 		    (address + PAGE_SIZE <= end) &&
@@ -561,9 +558,9 @@
 		}
 
 		if (exec)
-			entry = _PAGE_NX|_KERNPG_TABLE|_PAGE_GLOBAL|address;
+			entry = _PAGE_NX|_PAGE_GLOBAL|address;
 		else
-			entry = _KERNPG_TABLE|_PAGE_GLOBAL|address;
+			entry = _PAGE_GLOBAL|address;
 		entry &= __supported_pte_mask;
 		set_pte(pte, __pte(entry));
 	}

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