Re: "mm: consolidate pte_index() and pte_offset_*() definitions" broke ia64

From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Date: Tue Aug 11 2020 - 14:17:05 EST


On 8/11/20 7:20 PM, Jessica Clarke wrote:
> From 6c13e42cb95025e5f7ea3ac1a1262817bf3fcfec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2020 19:18:28 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] arch/ia64: Restore arch-specific pgd_offset_k implementation
>
> IA-64 is special and treats pgd_offset_k differently from pgd_offset by
> not including the region number, and init_mm's PGD is such that it only
> points to the kernel's region's PGD. This was broken in 974b9b2c68 which
> unified the two and therfore included the region number, causing it to
> index way out of bounds of the kernel's PGD and cause the kernel to hang
> during early boot. Thus, permit pgd_offset_k to be overridden like the
> other macros and override it on IA-64 with the old implementation. Also
> update the comment to clarify that this is not just an optimisation but
> a required implementation detail.
>
> Fixes: 974b9b2c68 ("mm: consolidate pte_index() and pte_offset_*() definitions")
> Reported-by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jessica Clarke <jrtc27@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 8 ++++++++
> include/linux/pgtable.h | 2 ++
> 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
> index 10850897a91c..2ac2199d99ce 100644
> --- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/pgtable.h
> @@ -366,6 +366,14 @@ pgd_index (unsigned long address)
> }
> #define pgd_index pgd_index
>
> +/*
> + * In the kernel's mapped region we know everything is in region number 5, so
> + * as an optimisation its PGD already points to the area for that region, but
> + * that means not adding the region here is required, not just an optimisation.
> + */
> +#define pgd_offset_k(addr) \
> + (init_mm.pgd + (((addr) >> PGDIR_SHIFT) & (PTRS_PER_PGD - 1)))
> +
> /* Look up a pgd entry in the gate area. On IA-64, the gate-area
> resides in the kernel-mapped segment, hence we use pgd_offset_k()
> here. */
> diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
> index 53e97da1e8e2..73c64fe098ba 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
> @@ -117,7 +117,9 @@ static inline pgd_t *pgd_offset_pgd(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address)
> * a shortcut which implies the use of the kernel's pgd, instead
> * of a process's
> */
> +#ifndef pgd_offset_k
> #define pgd_offset_k(address) pgd_offset(&init_mm, (address))
> +#endif
>
> /*
> * In many cases it is known that a virtual address is mapped at PMD or PTE
>

Yes, this fixes it for me. The kernel boots fine again. Also, no build issues.

Tested-by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Adrian

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