static void xen_free_ldt(struct desc_struct *ldt, unsigned entries)
{
const unsigned entries_per_page = PAGE_SIZE / LDT_ENTRY_SIZE;
int i;
for(i = 0; i < entries; i += entries_per_page)
set_aliased_prot(ldt + i, PAGE_KERNEL);
}
static void xen_alloc_ldt(struct desc_struct *ldt, unsigned entries)
{
const unsigned entries_per_page = PAGE_SIZE / LDT_ENTRY_SIZE;
int i;
/*
* We need to mark the all aliases of the LDT pages RO. We
* don't need to call vm_flush_aliases(), though, since that's
* only responsible for flushing aliases out the TLBs, not the
* page tables, and Xen will flush the TLB for us if needed.
*
* To avoid confusing future readers: none of this is necessary
* to load the LDT. The hypervisor only checks this when the
* LDT is faulted in due to subsequent descriptor access.
*/
for(i = 0; i < entries; i += entries_per_page)
set_aliased_prot(ldt + i, PAGE_KERNEL_RO);
}
