x86/mm: Separate out partial_pte tristate into individual flags
At the moment, partial_pte is a tri-state that contains two distinct bits
of information:
1. If zero, the pte at index [nr_validated_ptes] is un-validated. If
non-zero, the pte was last seen with PGT_partial set.
2. If positive, the pte at index [nr_validated_ptes] does not hold a
general reference count. If negative, it does.
To make future patches more clear, separate out this functionality
into two distinct, named bits: PTF_partial_set (for #1) and
PTF_partial_general_ref (for #2).
Additionally, a number of functions which need this information also
take other flags to control behavior (such as `preemptible` and
`defer`). These are hard to read in the caller (since you only see
'true' or 'false'), and ugly when many are added together. In
preparation for adding yet another flag in a future patch, collapse
all of these into a single `flag` variable.
NB that this does mean checking for what was previously the '-1'
condition a bit more ugly in the put_page_from_lNe functions (since
you have to check for both partial_set and general ref); but this
clause will go away in a future patch.
Also note that the original comment had an off-by-one error:
partial_flags (like partial_pte before it) concerns
plNe[nr_validated_ptes], not plNe[nr_validated_ptes+1].
No functional change intended.
This is part of XSA-299.
Reported-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@citrix.com>
Signed-off-by: George Dunlap <george.dunlap@citrix.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
master commit:
1b6fa638d21006d3c0a3038132c6cb326d8bba08
master date: 2019-10-31 16:12:14 +0100