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linux/arch/x86
Jeremy Fitzhardinge 617d34d9e5 x86, mm: Hold mm->page_table_lock while doing vmalloc_sync
Take mm->page_table_lock while syncing the vmalloc region.  This prevents
a race with the Xen pagetable pin/unpin code, which expects that the
page_table_lock is already held.  If this race occurs, then Xen can see
an inconsistent page type (a page can either be read/write or a pagetable
page, and pin/unpin converts it between them), which will cause either
the pin or the set_p[gm]d to fail; either will crash the kernel.

vmalloc_sync_all() should be called rarely, so this extra use of
page_table_lock should not interfere with its normal users.

The mm pointer is stashed in the pgd page's index field, as that won't
be otherwise used for pgds.

Reported-by: Ian Campbell <ian.cambell@eu.citrix.com>
Originally-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
LKML-Reference: <4CB88A4C.1080305@goop.org>
Signed-off-by: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy.fitzhardinge@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
2010-10-19 13:57:08 -07:00
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boot x86, setup: move isdigit.h to ctype.h, header files on top. 2010-08-02 21:07:20 -07:00
configs defconfig reduction 2010-08-14 22:26:53 +02:00
crypto
ia32 Mark arguments to certain syscalls as being const 2010-08-13 16:53:13 -07:00
include/asm x86, mm: Hold mm->page_table_lock while doing vmalloc_sync 2010-10-19 13:57:08 -07:00
kernel mm, x86: Saving vmcore with non-lazy freeing of vmas 2010-09-17 09:11:56 +02:00
kvm Merge branch 'kvm-updates/2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/virt/kvm/kvm 2010-08-22 11:27:36 -07:00
lguest
lib Merge branch 'x86/urgent' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-13 10:35:48 -07:00
math-emu
mm x86, mm: Hold mm->page_table_lock while doing vmalloc_sync 2010-10-19 13:57:08 -07:00
oprofile oprofile: add support for Intel processor model 30 2010-08-05 12:17:38 +02:00
pci x86/PCI: use for_each_pci_dev() 2010-07-30 09:47:33 -07:00
power update email address 2010-07-19 10:56:54 +02:00
tools
vdso Merge branches 'x86-cleanups-for-linus', 'x86-vmware-for-linus', 'x86-mtrr-for-linus', 'x86-apic-for-linus', 'x86-fpu-for-linus' and 'x86-vdso-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2010-08-06 16:22:59 -07:00
video
xen Merge branch 'stable/xen-swiotlb-0.8.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen 2010-08-12 09:09:41 -07:00
.gitignore
Kbuild
Kconfig Replace Configure with Enable in description of MAXSMP 2010-08-21 12:38:58 -07:00
Kconfig.cpu
Kconfig.debug
Makefile
Makefile_32.cpu