Re: 2.6.38.2 breaks suspend to disk

From: H. Peter Anvin
Date: Fri Apr 01 2011 - 12:24:03 EST


On 04/01/2011 09:06 AM, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> Index: linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6.orig/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> +++ linux-2.6/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -294,10 +294,17 @@ static void __init init_gbpages(void)
> else
> direct_gbpages = 0;
> }
> +static void __init store_mmu_cr4(void)
> +{
> + mmu_cr4_features = read_cr4();
> +}
> #else
> static inline void init_gbpages(void)
> {
> }
> +static void __init store_mmu_cr4(void)
> +{
> +}
> static void __init cleanup_highmap(void)
> {
> }
> @@ -929,6 +936,8 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
> /* max_pfn_mapped is updated here */
> max_low_pfn_mapped = init_memory_mapping(0, max_low_pfn<<PAGE_SHIFT);
> max_pfn_mapped = max_low_pfn_mapped;
> + /* after init_memory_mapping updating cr4*/
> + store_mmu_cr4();
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> if (max_pfn > max_low_pfn) {

This looks really, really, really wrong.

Why the heck should we save and restore CR4 only for x86-64?

-hpa

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H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel. I don't speak on their behalf.

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