x86: When cleaning MTRRs, do not fold WP into UC
The current MTRR code treats WP as a form of UC. This really isn't
desirable behaviour, except possibly in the case of severe MTRR
shortage. Disable this, to allow legitimate uses of WP to remain
unmolested.
Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c
index 315738c..6e49f6f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/mtrr/cleanup.c
@@ -689,8 +689,6 @@
continue;
if (!size)
type = MTRR_NUM_TYPES;
- if (type == MTRR_TYPE_WRPROT)
- type = MTRR_TYPE_UNCACHABLE;
num[type]++;
}