From: Martin Schwidefsky Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 15:13:43 +0000 (+0200) Subject: [S390] fix alloc_pgste check in init_new_context X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=badb8bb983e9cf5b7a872e0a4f6ebeac2b1ce133;p=linux-beck.git [S390] fix alloc_pgste check in init_new_context Processes started with kernel_execve from a kernel thread will have current->mm==NULL. Reading current->mm->context.alloc_pgste will read a more or less random bit from lowcore in this case. If the bit turns out to be set the whole process tree started this way will allocate page table extensions although they have no need for it. Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky --- diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h index a6f0e7cc9cde..8c277caa8d3a 100644 --- a/arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ static inline int init_new_context(struct task_struct *tsk, #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT mm->context.asce_bits |= _ASCE_TYPE_REGION3; #endif - if (current->mm->context.alloc_pgste) { + if (current->mm && current->mm->context.alloc_pgste) { /* * alloc_pgste indicates, that any NEW context will be created * with extended page tables. The old context is unchanged. The