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x86/mm: Clarify hardware vs. software "error_code" We pass around a variable called "error_code" all around the page fault code. Sounds simple enough, especially since "error_code" looks like it exactly matches the values that the hardware gives us on the stack to report the page fault error code (PFEC in SDM parlance). But, that's not how it works. For part of the page fault handler, "error_code" does exactly match PFEC. But, during later parts, it diverges and starts to mean something a bit different. Give it two names for its two jobs. The place it diverges is also really screwy. It's only in a spot where the hardware tells us we have kernel-mode access that occurred while we were in usermode accessing user-controlled address space. Add a warning in there. Cc: x86@kernel.org Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Sean Christopherson <sean.j.christopherson@intel.com> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180928160220.4A2272C9@viggo.jf.intel.com