[PATCH] x86_64: Unmap NULL during early bootup

We should zap the low mappings, as soon as possible, so that we can catch
kernel bugs more effectively. Previously early boot had NULL mapped
and didn't trap on NULL references.

This patch introduces boot_level4_pgt, which will always have low identity
addresses mapped.  Druing boot, all the processors will use this as their
level4 pgt.  On BP, we will switch to init_level4_pgt as soon as we enter C
code and zap the low mappings as soon as we are done with the usage of
identity low mapped addresses.  On AP's we will zap the low mappings as
soon as we jump to C code.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Ashok Raj <ashok.raj@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
index cf6ab147a2a5..e0f12d49db4c 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/kernel/head64.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <asm/bootsetup.h>
 #include <asm/setup.h>
 #include <asm/desc.h>
+#include <asm/pgtable.h>
 
 /* Don't add a printk in there. printk relies on the PDA which is not initialized 
    yet. */
@@ -86,6 +87,13 @@ void __init x86_64_start_kernel(char * real_mode_data)
                 set_intr_gate(i, early_idt_handler);
         asm volatile("lidt %0" :: "m" (idt_descr));
         clear_bss();
+
+        /*
+         * switch to init_level4_pgt from boot_level4_pgt
+         */
+        memcpy(init_level4_pgt, boot_level4_pgt, PTRS_PER_PGD*sizeof(pgd_t));
+        asm volatile("movq %0,%%cr3" :: "r" (__pa_symbol(&init_level4_pgt)));
+
         pda_init(0);
         copy_bootdata(real_mode_data);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP