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    x86, xen: Disable highmem PTE allocation even when CONFIG_HIGHPTE=y · 817a824b
    Ian Campbell authored
    There's a path in the pagefault code where the kernel deliberately
    breaks its own locking rules by kmapping a high pte page without
    holding the pagetable lock (in at least page_check_address). This
    breaks Xen's ability to track the pinned/unpinned state of the
    page. There does not appear to be a viable workaround for this
    behaviour so simply disable HIGHPTE for all Xen guests.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarIan Campbell <ian.campbell@citrix.com>
    LKML-Reference: <1267204562-11844-1-git-send-email-ian.campbell@citrix.com>
    Cc: Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@goop.org>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
    Cc: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@iki.fi>
    Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x: 14315592: Allow highmem user page tables to be disabled at boot time
    Cc: <stable@kernel.org> # .32.x
    Cc: <xen-devel@lists.xensource.com>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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