Merge tag 'x86_urgent_for_v6.8_rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip

Pull x86 fix from Borislav Petkov:

 - Use a GB page for identity mapping only when memory of this size is
   requested so that mapping of reserved regions is prevented which
   would otherwise lead to system crashes on UV machines

* tag 'x86_urgent_for_v6.8_rc5' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip:
  x86/mm/ident_map: Use gbpages only where full GB page should be mapped.

Author: torvalds

arch/x86/mm/ident_map.c

@@ -26,18 +26,31 @@ static int ident_pud_init(struct x86_mapping_info *info, pud_t *pud_page,
 	for (; addr < end; addr = next) {
 		pud_t *pud = pud_page + pud_index(addr);
 		pmd_t *pmd;
+		bool use_gbpage;
 
 		next = (addr & PUD_MASK) + PUD_SIZE;
 		if (next > end)
 			next = end;
 
-		if (info->direct_gbpages) {
-			pud_t pudval;
+		/* if this is already a gbpage, this portion is already mapped */
+		if (pud_large(*pud))
+			continue;
+
+		/* Is using a gbpage allowed? */
+		use_gbpage = info->direct_gbpages;
 
-			if (pud_present(*pud))
-				continue;
+		/* Don't use gbpage if it maps more than the requested region. */
+		/* at the begining: */
+		use_gbpage &= ((addr & ~PUD_MASK) == 0);
+		/* ... or at the end: */
+		use_gbpage &= ((next & ~PUD_MASK) == 0);
+
+		/* Never overwrite existing mappings */
+		use_gbpage &= !pud_present(*pud);
+
+		if (use_gbpage) {
+			pud_t pudval;
 
-			addr &= PUD_MASK;
 			pudval = __pud((addr - info->offset) | info->page_flag);
 			set_pud(pud, pudval);
 			continue;