lookup_address() returns a wrong level and a wrong pointer to a non
existing pte, when pmd or pud entries are marked !present. This
happens for example due to boot time mapping of GART into the low
memory space.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
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);
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;