This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
x86/mm: Map cpu_entry_area at the same place on 4/5 level
to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git%3Ba=su...
The filename of the patch is: x86-mm-map-cpu_entry_area-at-the-same-place-on-4-5-level.patch and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let stable@vger.kernel.org know about it.
From f2078904810373211fb15f91888fba14c01a4acc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2018 13:01:40 +0100 Subject: x86/mm: Map cpu_entry_area at the same place on 4/5 level
From: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de
commit f2078904810373211fb15f91888fba14c01a4acc upstream.
There is no reason for 4 and 5 level pagetables to have a different layout. It just makes determining vaddr_end for KASLR harder than necessary.
Fixes: 92a0f81d8957 ("x86/cpu_entry_area: Move it out of the fixmap") Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner tglx@linutronix.de Cc: Andy Lutomirski luto@kernel.org Cc: Benjamin Gilbert benjamin.gilbert@coreos.com Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org Cc: Dave Hansen dave.hansen@linux.intel.com Cc: Peter Zijlstra peterz@infradead.org Cc: Thomas Garnier thgarnie@google.com, Cc: Alexander Kuleshov kuleshovmail@gmail.com Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.DEB.2.20.1801041320360.1771@nanos Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman gregkh@linuxfoundation.org
--- Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt | 7 ++++--- arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h | 4 ++-- arch/x86/mm/dump_pagetables.c | 2 +- 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt +++ b/Documentation/x86/x86_64/mm.txt @@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ ffffea0000000000 - ffffeaffffffffff (=40 ... unused hole ... ffffec0000000000 - fffffbffffffffff (=44 bits) kasan shadow memory (16TB) ... unused hole ... -fffffe0000000000 - fffffe7fffffffff (=39 bits) LDT remap for PTI -fffffe8000000000 - fffffeffffffffff (=39 bits) cpu_entry_area mapping +fffffe0000000000 - fffffe7fffffffff (=39 bits) cpu_entry_area mapping +fffffe8000000000 - fffffeffffffffff (=39 bits) LDT remap for PTI ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks ... unused hole ... ffffffef00000000 - fffffffeffffffff (=64 GB) EFI region mapping space @@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ ffd4000000000000 - ffd5ffffffffffff (=49 ... unused hole ... ffdf000000000000 - fffffc0000000000 (=53 bits) kasan shadow memory (8PB) ... unused hole ... -fffffe8000000000 - fffffeffffffffff (=39 bits) cpu_entry_area mapping +fffffe0000000000 - fffffe7fffffffff (=39 bits) cpu_entry_area mapping +... unused hole ... ffffff0000000000 - ffffff7fffffffff (=39 bits) %esp fixup stacks ... unused hole ... ffffffef00000000 - fffffffeffffffff (=64 GB) EFI region mapping space --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64_types.h @@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ typedef struct { pteval_t pte; } pte_t; # define VMALLOC_SIZE_TB _AC(32, UL) # define __VMALLOC_BASE _AC(0xffffc90000000000, UL) # define __VMEMMAP_BASE _AC(0xffffea0000000000, UL) -# define LDT_PGD_ENTRY _AC(-4, UL) +# define LDT_PGD_ENTRY _AC(-3, UL) # define LDT_BASE_ADDR (LDT_PGD_ENTRY << PGDIR_SHIFT) #endif
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ typedef struct { pteval_t pte; } pte_t; #define ESPFIX_PGD_ENTRY _AC(-2, UL) #define ESPFIX_BASE_ADDR (ESPFIX_PGD_ENTRY << P4D_SHIFT)
-#define CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PGD _AC(-3, UL) +#define CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PGD _AC(-4, UL) #define CPU_ENTRY_AREA_BASE (CPU_ENTRY_AREA_PGD << P4D_SHIFT)
#define EFI_VA_START ( -4 * (_AC(1, UL) << 30)) --- a/arch/x86/mm/dump_pagetables.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/dump_pagetables.c @@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ enum address_markers_idx { KASAN_SHADOW_START_NR, KASAN_SHADOW_END_NR, #endif + CPU_ENTRY_AREA_NR, #if defined(CONFIG_MODIFY_LDT_SYSCALL) && !defined(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL) LDT_NR, #endif - CPU_ENTRY_AREA_NR, #ifdef CONFIG_X86_ESPFIX64 ESPFIX_START_NR, #endif
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from tglx@linutronix.de are
queue-4.14/x86-tlb-drop-the-_gpl-from-the-cpu_tlbstate-export.patch queue-4.14/x86-alternatives-add-missing-n-at-end-of-alternative-inline-asm.patch queue-4.14/x86-kaslr-fix-the-vaddr_end-mess.patch queue-4.14/efi-capsule-loader-reinstate-virtual-capsule-mapping.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-set-modules_end-to-0xffffffffff000000.patch queue-4.14/mm-sparse.c-wrong-allocation-for-mem_section.patch queue-4.14/x86-events-intel-ds-use-the-proper-cache-flush-method-for-mapping-ds-buffers.patch queue-4.14/x86-pti-rename-bug_cpu_insecure-to-bug_cpu_meltdown.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-map-cpu_entry_area-at-the-same-place-on-4-5-level.patch