@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
#include <asm/hypervisor.h>
#include <asm/mwait.h>
#include <asm/pci_x86.h>
+#include <asm/pat.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
#include <linux/acpi.h>
@@ -1368,6 +1369,14 @@ asmlinkage void __init xen_start_kernel(void)
pgd = (pgd_t *)xen_start_info->pt_base;
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_PAT
+ /*
+ * For right now disable the PAT. We should remove this once
+ * git commit 8eaffa67b43e99ae581622c5133e20b0f48bcef1
+ * (xen/pat: Disable PAT support for now) is reverted.
+ */
+ pat_enabled = 0;
+#endif
/* Don't do the full vcpu_info placement stuff until we have a
possible map and a non-dummy shared_info. */
per_cpu(xen_vcpu, 0) = &HYPERVISOR_shared_info->vcpu_info[0];
This is a note to let you know that I have just added a patch titled xen/pat: Disable PAT using pat_enabled value. to the linux-3.5.y-queue branch of the 3.5.y.z extended stable tree which can be found at: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/git?p=ubuntu/linux.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/linux-3.5.y-queue If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to this tree, please reply to this email. For more information about the 3.5.y.z tree, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Kernel/Dev/ExtendedStable Thanks. -Luis ------ From 40959b070badde599954c2161e98812ba7943a51 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:51:27 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] xen/pat: Disable PAT using pat_enabled value. commit c79c49826270b8b0061b2fca840fc3f013c8a78a upstream. The git commit 8eaffa67b43e99ae581622c5133e20b0f48bcef1 (xen/pat: Disable PAT support for now) explains in details why we want to disable PAT for right now. However that change was not enough and we should have also disabled the pat_enabled value. Otherwise we end up with: mmap-example:3481 map pfn expected mapping type write-back for [mem 0x00010000-0x00010fff], got uncached-minus ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-3.8.0/arch/x86/mm/pat.c:774 untrack_pfn+0xb8/0xd0() mem 0x00010000-0x00010fff], got uncached-minus ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at /build/buildd/linux-3.8.0/arch/x86/mm/pat.c:774 untrack_pfn+0xb8/0xd0() ... Pid: 3481, comm: mmap-example Tainted: GF 3.8.0-6-generic #13-Ubuntu Call Trace: [<ffffffff8105879f>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7f/0xc0 [<ffffffff810587fa>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1a/0x20 [<ffffffff8104bcc8>] untrack_pfn+0xb8/0xd0 [<ffffffff81156c1c>] unmap_single_vma+0xac/0x100 [<ffffffff81157459>] unmap_vmas+0x49/0x90 [<ffffffff8115f808>] exit_mmap+0x98/0x170 [<ffffffff810559a4>] mmput+0x64/0x100 [<ffffffff810560f5>] dup_mm+0x445/0x660 [<ffffffff81056d9f>] copy_process.part.22+0xa5f/0x1510 [<ffffffff81057931>] do_fork+0x91/0x350 [<ffffffff81057c76>] sys_clone+0x16/0x20 [<ffffffff816ccbf9>] stub_clone+0x69/0x90 [<ffffffff816cc89d>] ? system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f ---[ end trace 4918cdd0a4c9fea4 ]--- (a similar message shows up if you end up launching 'mcelog') The call chain is (as analyzed by Liu, Jinsong): do_fork --> copy_process --> dup_mm --> dup_mmap --> copy_page_range --> track_pfn_copy --> reserve_pfn_range --> line 624: flags != want_flags It comes from different memory types of page table (_PAGE_CACHE_WB) and MTRR (_PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS). Stefan Bader dug in this deep and found out that: "That makes it clearer as this will do reserve_memtype(...) --> pat_x_mtrr_type --> mtrr_type_lookup --> __mtrr_type_lookup And that can return -1/0xff in case of MTRR not being enabled/initialized. Which is not the case (given there are no messages for it in dmesg). This is not equal to MTRR_TYPE_WRBACK and thus becomes _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS. It looks like the problem starts early in reserve_memtype: if (!pat_enabled) { /* This is identical to page table setting without PAT */ if (new_type) { if (req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_WC) *new_type = _PAGE_CACHE_UC_MINUS; else *new_type = req_type & _PAGE_CACHE_MASK; } return 0; } This would be what we want, that is clearing the PWT and PCD flags from the supported flags - if pat_enabled is disabled." This patch does that - disabling PAT. Reported-by: Sander Eikelenboom <linux@eikelenboom.it> Reported-and-Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Reported-and-Tested-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader@canonical.com> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> [ luis: adjust context ] Signed-off-by: Luis Henriques <luis.henriques@canonical.com> --- arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) -- 1.8.1.2