The VDSO is part of the kernel image and therefore the struct pages are
marked as reserved during boot.
As we install a special mapping, the actual struct pages will never be
exposed to MM via the page tables. We can therefore leave the pages
marked as reserved.
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (powerpc)
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c | 2 --
1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
index 7725a9714736..a31b6234fcd7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso.c
@@ -798,7 +798,6 @@ static int __init vdso_init(void)
BUG_ON(vdso32_pagelist == NULL);
for (i = 0; i < vdso32_pages; i++) {
struct page *pg = virt_to_page(vdso32_kbase + i*PAGE_SIZE);
- ClearPageReserved(pg);
get_page(pg);
vdso32_pagelist[i] = pg;
}
@@ -812,7 +811,6 @@ static int __init vdso_init(void)
BUG_ON(vdso64_pagelist == NULL);
for (i = 0; i < vdso64_pages; i++) {
struct page *pg = virt_to_page(vdso64_kbase + i*PAGE_SIZE);
- ClearPageReserved(pg);
get_page(pg);
vdso64_pagelist[i] = pg;
}
--
2.17.2
