x86, pat: Allow ISA memory range uncacheable mapping requests
Max Vozeler reported:
> Bug 13877 - bogl-term broken with CONFIG_X86_PAT=y, works with =n
>
> strace of bogl-term:
> 814 mmap2(NULL, 65536, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, 4, 0)
> = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily unavailable)
> 814 write(2, "bogl: mmaping /dev/fb0: Resource temporarily unavailable\n",
> 57) = 57
PAT code maps the ISA memory range as WB in the PAT attribute, so that
fixed range MTRR registers define the actual memory type (UC/WC/WT etc).
But the upper level is_new_memtype_allowed() API checks are failing,
as the request here is for UC and the return tracked type is WB (Tracked type is
WB as MTRR type for this legacy range potentially will be different for each
4k page).
Fix is_new_memtype_allowed() by always succeeding the ISA address range
checks, as the null PAT (WB) and def MTRR fixed range register settings
satisfy the memory type needs of the applications that map the ISA address
range.
Reported-and-Tested-by: Max Vozeler <xam@debian.org>
Signed-off-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Venkatesh Pallipadi <venkatesh.pallipadi@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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