Patch "x86/mm/pti: Add mapping helper functions" has been added to the 4.14-stable tree

This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled

x86/mm/pti: Add mapping helper functions

to the 4.14-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary

The filename of the patch is:
x86-mm-pti-add-mapping-helper-functions.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.14 subdirectory.

If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <[email protected]> know about it.

From: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2017 15:07:37 +0100
Subject: x86/mm/pti: Add mapping helper functions

From: Dave Hansen <[email protected]>

commit 61e9b3671007a5da8127955a1a3bda7e0d5f42e8 upstream.

Add the pagetable helper functions do manage the separate user space page tables.

[ tglx: Split out from the big combo kaiser patch. Folded Andys
simplification and made it out of line as Boris suggested ]

---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h    |    6 ++
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h |   92 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/x86/mm/pti.c                 |   41 ++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

@@ -909,7 +909,11 @@ static inline int pgd_none(pgd_t pgd)
  * pgd_offset() returns a (pgd_t *)
  * pgd_index() is used get the offset into the pgd page's array of pgd_t's;
  */
-#define pgd_offset(mm, address) ((mm)->pgd + pgd_index((address)))
+#define pgd_offset_pgd(pgd, address) (pgd + pgd_index((address)))
+/*
+ * a shortcut to get a pgd_t in a given mm
+ */
+#define pgd_offset(mm, address) pgd_offset_pgd((mm)->pgd, (address))
 /*
  * a shortcut which implies the use of the kernel's pgd, instead
  * of a process's

Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from [email protected] are

queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-allow-nx-poison-to-be-set-in-p4d-pgd.patch queue-4.14/x86-dumpstack-indicate-in-oops-whether-pti-is-configured-and-enabled.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-clarify-the-whole-asid-kernel-pcid-user-pcid-naming.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-abstract-switching-cr3.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-optimize-restore_cr3.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-force-entry-through-trampoline-when-pti-active.patch queue-4.14/x86-entry-align-entry-text-section-to-pmd-boundary.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-64-make-a-full-pgd-entry-size-hole-in-the-memory-map.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpu_entry_area-add-debugstore-entries-to-cpu_entry_area.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-share-entry-text-pmd.patch queue-4.14/x86-ldt-make-the-ldt-mapping-ro.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-dump_pagetables-check-user-space-page-table-for-wx-pages.patch queue-4.14/x86-pti-map-the-vsyscall-page-if-needed.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-disable-global-pages-if-page_table_isolation-y.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-dump_pagetables-allow-dumping-current-pagetables.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-add-infrastructure-for-page-table-isolation.patch queue-4.14/x86-cpufeatures-add-x86_bug_cpu_insecure.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-use-fix-pcid-to-optimize-user-kernel-switches.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-use-invpcid-for-__native_flush_tlb_single.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-prepare-the-x86-entry-assembly-code-for-entry-exit-cr3-switching.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-allow-flushing-for-future-asid-switches.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-add-kconfig.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-add-mapping-helper-functions.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-map-espfix-into-user-space.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-share-cpu_entry_area-with-user-space-page-tables.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-add-functions-to-clone-kernel-pmds.patch queue-4.14/x86-pti-add-the-pti-cmdline-option-and-documentation.patch queue-4.14/x86-events-intel-ds-map-debug-buffers-in-cpu_entry_area.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-allocate-a-separate-user-pgd.patch queue-4.14/x86-pti-put-the-ldt-in-its-own-pgd-if-pti-is-on.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-pti-populate-user-pgd.patch queue-4.14/x86-mm-dump_pagetables-add-page-table-directory-to-the-debugfs-vfs-hierarchy.patch