4.14-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Commit 4e6020565596 upstream. Break-before-make is not needed when transitioning from Global to Non-Global mappings, provided that the contiguous hint is not being used. Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/mmu.c @@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ static bool pgattr_change_is_safe(u64 ol if ((old | new) & PTE_CONT) return false; + /* Transitioning from Global to Non-Global is safe */ + if (((old ^ new) == PTE_NG) && (new & PTE_NG)) + return true; + return ((old ^ new) & ~mask) == 0; }