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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c index 3810f7a83b1..7d21cd658ed 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c @@ -188,6 +188,14 @@ static inline pgprot_t static_protections(pgprot_t prot, unsigned long address) return prot; } +/* + * Lookup the page table entry for a virtual address. Return a pointer + * to the entry and the level of the mapping. + * + * Note: We return pud and pmd either when the entry is marked large + * or when the present bit is not set. Otherwise we would return a + * pointer to a nonexisting mapping. + */ pte_t *lookup_address(unsigned long address, int *level) { pgd_t *pgd = pgd_offset_k(address); @@ -206,7 +214,7 @@ pte_t *lookup_address(unsigned long address, int *level) return NULL; *level = PG_LEVEL_2M; - if (pmd_large(*pmd)) + if (pmd_large(*pmd) || !pmd_present(*pmd)) return (pte_t *)pmd; *level = PG_LEVEL_4K; |