Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/16/2018 10:25 AM, Nadav Amit wrote: >>> +#ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION >>> +#define __PAGE_KERNEL_GLOBAL 0 >>> +#else >>> +#define __PAGE_KERNEL_GLOBAL _PAGE_GLOBAL >>> +#endif >> ... >>> --- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c~kpti-no-global-for-kernel-mappings 2018-02-13 15:17:56.148210060 -0800 >>> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c 2018-02-13 15:17:56.153210060 -0800 >>> @@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ try_preserve_large_page(pte_t *kpte, uns >>> * different bit positions in the two formats. >>> */ >>> req_prot = pgprot_4k_2_large(req_prot); >>> - req_prot = pgprot_set_on_present(req_prot, _PAGE_GLOBAL | _PAGE_PSE); >>> + req_prot = pgprot_set_on_present(req_prot, >>> + __PAGE_KERNEL_GLOBAL | _PAGE_PSE); >>> req_prot = canon_pgprot(req_prot); >> From these chunks, it seems to me as req_prot will not have the global bit >> on when “nopti” parameter is provided. What am I missing? > > That's a good point. The current patch does not allow the use of > _PAGE_GLOBAL via _PAGE_KERNEL_GLOBAL when CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION=y, > but booted with nopti. It's a simple enough fix. Logically: > > #ifdef CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_GLOBAL static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PTI) ? > 0 : _PAGE_GLOBAL > #else > #define __PAGE_KERNEL_GLOBAL _PAGE_GLOBAL > #endif > > But I don't really want to hide that gunk in a macro like that. It > might make more sense as a static inline. I'll give that a shot and resent. Since determining whether PTI is on is done in several places in the kernel, maybe there should a single function to determine whether PTI is on, something like: static inline bool is_pti_on(void) { return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_ISOLATION) && static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PTI); } -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href