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[PATCH] i386: clear_fixmap() should not use set_pte()

While not strictly required with the current code (as the upper half of
page table entries generated by __set_fixmap() cannot be non-zero due
to the second parameter of this function being 'unsigned long'), the
use of set_pte() in __set_fixmap() in the context of clear_fixmap() is
still improper with CONFIG_X86_PAE (see the respective comment in
include/asm-i386/pgtable-3level.h) and would turn into a bug if that
second parameter ever gets changed to a 64-bit type.

Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Jan Beulich 18 years ago
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1 changed files with 5 additions and 2 deletions
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      arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c

+ 5 - 2
arch/i386/mm/pgtable.c

@@ -95,8 +95,11 @@ static void set_pte_pfn(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t flags)
 		return;
 	}
 	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, vaddr);
-	/* <pfn,flags> stored as-is, to permit clearing entries */
-	set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, flags));
+	if (pgprot_val(flags))
+		/* <pfn,flags> stored as-is, to permit clearing entries */
+		set_pte(pte, pfn_pte(pfn, flags));
+	else
+		pte_clear(&init_mm, vaddr, pte);
 
 	/*
 	 * It's enough to flush this one mapping.