[PATCH 4.9 008/141] parisc: Fix map_pages() to not overwrite existing pte entries

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4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

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From: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>

commit 3c229b3f2dd8133f61bb81d3cb018be92f4bba39 upstream.

Fix a long-existing small nasty bug in the map_pages() implementation which
leads to overwriting already written pte entries with zero, *if* map_pages() is
called a second time with an end address which isn't aligned on a pmd boundry.
This happens for example if we want to remap only the text segment read/write
in order to run alternative patching on the code. Exiting the loop when we
reach the end address fixes this.

Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
 arch/parisc/mm/init.c |    8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

--- a/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/mm/init.c
@@ -491,12 +491,8 @@ static void __init map_pages(unsigned lo
 						pte = pte_mkhuge(pte);
 				}
 
-				if (address >= end_paddr) {
-					if (force)
-						break;
-					else
-						pte_val(pte) = 0;
-				}
+				if (address >= end_paddr)
+					break;
 
 				set_pte(pg_table, pte);
 





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