[patch 6/6] mm: remove legacy cruft

From: Nick Piggin
Date: Tue Feb 20 2007 - 23:52:13 EST


Remove legacy filemap_nopage and all of the .populate API cruft.

This patch can be skipped if it will cause clashes in your tree, or you
disagree with removing these guys right now.

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>

Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt | 18 --
include/linux/mm.h | 8 -
mm/filemap.c | 195 -----------------------------
mm/fremap.c | 71 +---------
mm/memory.c | 36 +----
5 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 309 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/mm.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/mm.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ struct vm_operations_struct {
void (*close)(struct vm_area_struct * area);
struct page * (*fault)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct fault_data * fdata);
struct page * (*nopage)(struct vm_area_struct * area, unsigned long address, int *type);
- int (*populate)(struct vm_area_struct * area, unsigned long address, unsigned long len, pgprot_t prot, unsigned long pgoff, int nonblock);
-
/* notification that a previously read-only page is about to become
* writable, if an error is returned it will cause a SIGBUS */
int (*page_mkwrite)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page);
@@ -767,8 +765,6 @@ static inline void unmap_shared_mapping_

extern int vmtruncate(struct inode * inode, loff_t offset);
extern int vmtruncate_range(struct inode * inode, loff_t offset, loff_t end);
-extern int install_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, struct page *page, pgprot_t prot);
-extern int install_file_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, unsigned long pgoff, pgprot_t prot);

#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
extern int __handle_mm_fault(struct mm_struct *mm,struct vm_area_struct *vma,
@@ -1084,10 +1080,6 @@ extern void truncate_inode_pages_range(s

/* generic vm_area_ops exported for stackable file systems */
extern struct page *filemap_fault(struct vm_area_struct *, struct fault_data *);
-extern struct page * __deprecated_for_modules filemap_nopage(
- struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, int *);
-extern int __deprecated_for_modules filemap_populate(struct vm_area_struct *,
- unsigned long, unsigned long, pgprot_t, unsigned long, int);

/* mm/page-writeback.c */
int write_one_page(struct page *page, int wait);
Index: linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/filemap.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1476,201 +1476,6 @@ page_not_uptodate:
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fault);

-/*
- * filemap_nopage and filemap_populate are legacy exports that are not used
- * in tree. Scheduled for removal.
- */
-struct page *filemap_nopage(struct vm_area_struct *area,
- unsigned long address, int *type)
-{
- struct page *page;
- struct fault_data fdata;
- fdata.address = address;
- fdata.pgoff = ((address - area->vm_start) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)
- + area->vm_pgoff;
- fdata.flags = 0;
-
- page = filemap_fault(area, &fdata);
- if (type)
- *type = fdata.type;
-
- return page;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_nopage);
-
-static struct page * filemap_getpage(struct file *file, unsigned long pgoff,
- int nonblock)
-{
- struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
- struct page *page;
- int error;
-
- /*
- * Do we have something in the page cache already?
- */
-retry_find:
- page = find_get_page(mapping, pgoff);
- if (!page) {
- if (nonblock)
- return NULL;
- goto no_cached_page;
- }
-
- /*
- * Ok, found a page in the page cache, now we need to check
- * that it's up-to-date.
- */
- if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
- if (nonblock) {
- page_cache_release(page);
- return NULL;
- }
- goto page_not_uptodate;
- }
-
-success:
- /*
- * Found the page and have a reference on it.
- */
- mark_page_accessed(page);
- return page;
-
-no_cached_page:
- error = page_cache_read(file, pgoff);
-
- /*
- * The page we want has now been added to the page cache.
- * In the unlikely event that someone removed it in the
- * meantime, we'll just come back here and read it again.
- */
- if (error >= 0)
- goto retry_find;
-
- /*
- * An error return from page_cache_read can result if the
- * system is low on memory, or a problem occurs while trying
- * to schedule I/O.
- */
- return NULL;
-
-page_not_uptodate:
- lock_page(page);
-
- /* Did it get truncated while we waited for it? */
- if (!page->mapping) {
- unlock_page(page);
- goto err;
- }
-
- /* Did somebody else get it up-to-date? */
- if (PageUptodate(page)) {
- unlock_page(page);
- goto success;
- }
-
- error = mapping->a_ops->readpage(file, page);
- if (!error) {
- wait_on_page_locked(page);
- if (PageUptodate(page))
- goto success;
- } else if (error == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE) {
- page_cache_release(page);
- goto retry_find;
- }
-
- /*
- * Umm, take care of errors if the page isn't up-to-date.
- * Try to re-read it _once_. We do this synchronously,
- * because there really aren't any performance issues here
- * and we need to check for errors.
- */
- lock_page(page);
-
- /* Somebody truncated the page on us? */
- if (!page->mapping) {
- unlock_page(page);
- goto err;
- }
- /* Somebody else successfully read it in? */
- if (PageUptodate(page)) {
- unlock_page(page);
- goto success;
- }
-
- ClearPageError(page);
- error = mapping->a_ops->readpage(file, page);
- if (!error) {
- wait_on_page_locked(page);
- if (PageUptodate(page))
- goto success;
- } else if (error == AOP_TRUNCATED_PAGE) {
- page_cache_release(page);
- goto retry_find;
- }
-
- /*
- * Things didn't work out. Return zero to tell the
- * mm layer so, possibly freeing the page cache page first.
- */
-err:
- page_cache_release(page);
-
- return NULL;
-}
-
-int filemap_populate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
- unsigned long len, pgprot_t prot, unsigned long pgoff,
- int nonblock)
-{
- struct file *file = vma->vm_file;
- struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
- struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
- unsigned long size;
- struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
- struct page *page;
- int err;
-
- if (!nonblock)
- force_page_cache_readahead(mapping, vma->vm_file,
- pgoff, len >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
-
-repeat:
- size = (i_size_read(inode) + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
- if (pgoff + (len >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) > size)
- return -EINVAL;
-
- page = filemap_getpage(file, pgoff, nonblock);
-
- /* XXX: This is wrong, a filesystem I/O error may have happened. Fix that as
- * done in shmem_populate calling shmem_getpage */
- if (!page && !nonblock)
- return -ENOMEM;
-
- if (page) {
- err = install_page(mm, vma, addr, page, prot);
- if (err) {
- page_cache_release(page);
- return err;
- }
- } else if (vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR) {
- /* No page was found just because we can't read it in now (being
- * here implies nonblock != 0), but the page may exist, so set
- * the PTE to fault it in later. */
- err = install_file_pte(mm, vma, addr, pgoff, prot);
- if (err)
- return err;
- }
-
- len -= PAGE_SIZE;
- addr += PAGE_SIZE;
- pgoff++;
- if (len)
- goto repeat;
-
- return 0;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_populate);
-
struct vm_operations_struct generic_file_vm_ops = {
.fault = filemap_fault,
};
Index: linux-2.6/mm/fremap.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/fremap.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/fremap.c
@@ -45,58 +45,10 @@ static int zap_pte(struct mm_struct *mm,
}

/*
- * Install a file page to a given virtual memory address, release any
- * previously existing mapping.
- */
-int install_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long addr, struct page *page, pgprot_t prot)
-{
- struct inode *inode;
- pgoff_t size;
- int err = -ENOMEM;
- pte_t *pte;
- pte_t pte_val;
- spinlock_t *ptl;
-
- pte = get_locked_pte(mm, addr, &ptl);
- if (!pte)
- goto out;
-
- /*
- * This page may have been truncated. Tell the
- * caller about it.
- */
- err = -EINVAL;
- inode = vma->vm_file->f_mapping->host;
- size = (i_size_read(inode) + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
- if (!page->mapping || page->index >= size)
- goto unlock;
- err = -ENOMEM;
- if (page_mapcount(page) > INT_MAX/2)
- goto unlock;
-
- if (pte_none(*pte) || !zap_pte(mm, vma, addr, pte))
- inc_mm_counter(mm, file_rss);
-
- flush_icache_page(vma, page);
- pte_val = mk_pte(page, prot);
- set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, pte_val);
- page_add_file_rmap(page);
- update_mmu_cache(vma, addr, pte_val);
- lazy_mmu_prot_update(pte_val);
- err = 0;
-unlock:
- pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
-out:
- return err;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(install_page);
-
-/*
* Install a file pte to a given virtual memory address, release any
* previously existing mapping.
*/
-int install_file_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+static int install_file_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long pgoff, pgprot_t prot)
{
int err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -208,8 +160,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_remap_file_pages(uns
if (vma->vm_private_data && !(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR))
goto out;

- if ((!vma->vm_ops || !vma->vm_ops->populate) &&
- !(vma->vm_flags & VM_CAN_NONLINEAR))
+ if (!vma->vm_flags & VM_CAN_NONLINEAR)
goto out;

if (end <= start || start < vma->vm_start || end > vma->vm_end)
@@ -239,18 +190,14 @@ asmlinkage long sys_remap_file_pages(uns
spin_unlock(&mapping->i_mmap_lock);
}

- if (vma->vm_flags & VM_CAN_NONLINEAR) {
- err = populate_range(mm, vma, start, size, pgoff);
- if (!err && !(flags & MAP_NONBLOCK)) {
- if (unlikely(has_write_lock)) {
- downgrade_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
- has_write_lock = 0;
- }
- make_pages_present(start, start+size);
+ err = populate_range(mm, vma, start, size, pgoff);
+ if (!err && !(flags & MAP_NONBLOCK)) {
+ if (unlikely(has_write_lock)) {
+ downgrade_write(&mm->mmap_sem);
+ has_write_lock = 0;
}
- } else
- err = vma->vm_ops->populate(vma, start, size, vma->vm_page_prot,
- pgoff, flags & MAP_NONBLOCK);
+ make_pages_present(start, start+size);
+ }

/*
* We can't clear VM_NONLINEAR because we'd have to do
Index: linux-2.6/mm/memory.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/mm/memory.c
+++ linux-2.6/mm/memory.c
@@ -2334,18 +2334,10 @@ static int do_linear_fault(struct mm_str
- vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + vma->vm_pgoff;
unsigned int flags = (write_access ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);

- return __do_fault(mm, vma, address, page_table, pmd, pgoff, flags, orig_pte);
+ return __do_fault(mm, vma, address, page_table, pmd, pgoff,
+ flags, orig_pte);
}

-static int do_nonlinear_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
- unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd,
- int write_access, pgoff_t pgoff, pte_t orig_pte)
-{
- unsigned int flags = FAULT_FLAG_NONLINEAR |
- (write_access ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
-
- return __do_fault(mm, vma, address, page_table, pmd, pgoff, flags, orig_pte);
-}

/*
* Fault of a previously existing named mapping. Repopulate the pte
@@ -2356,17 +2348,19 @@ static int do_nonlinear_fault(struct mm_
* but allow concurrent faults), and pte mapped but not yet locked.
* We return with mmap_sem still held, but pte unmapped and unlocked.
*/
-static int do_file_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+static int do_nonlinear_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pte_t *page_table, pmd_t *pmd,
int write_access, pte_t orig_pte)
{
+ unsigned int flags = FAULT_FLAG_NONLINEAR |
+ (write_access ? FAULT_FLAG_WRITE : 0);
pgoff_t pgoff;
- int err;

if (!pte_unmap_same(mm, pmd, page_table, orig_pte))
return VM_FAULT_MINOR;

- if (unlikely(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR))) {
+ if (unlikely(!(vma->vm_flags & VM_NONLINEAR) ||
+ !(vma->vm_flags & VM_CAN_NONLINEAR))) {
/*
* Page table corrupted: show pte and kill process.
*/
@@ -2376,18 +2370,8 @@ static int do_file_page(struct mm_struct

pgoff = pte_to_pgoff(orig_pte);

- if (vma->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->fault)
- return do_nonlinear_fault(mm, vma, address, page_table, pmd,
- write_access, pgoff, orig_pte);
-
- /* We can then assume vm->vm_ops && vma->vm_ops->populate */
- err = vma->vm_ops->populate(vma, address & PAGE_MASK, PAGE_SIZE,
- vma->vm_page_prot, pgoff, 0);
- if (err == -ENOMEM)
- return VM_FAULT_OOM;
- if (err)
- return VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
- return VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
+ return __do_fault(mm, vma, address, page_table, pmd, pgoff,
+ flags, orig_pte);
}

/*
@@ -2423,7 +2407,7 @@ static inline int handle_pte_fault(struc
pte, pmd, write_access);
}
if (pte_file(entry))
- return do_file_page(mm, vma, address,
+ return do_nonlinear_fault(mm, vma, address,
pte, pmd, write_access, entry);
return do_swap_page(mm, vma, address,
pte, pmd, write_access, entry);
Index: linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
+++ linux-2.6/Documentation/feature-removal-schedule.txt
@@ -170,24 +170,6 @@ Who: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>

---------------------------

-What: filemap_nopage, filemap_populate
-When: April 2007
-Why: These legacy interfaces no longer have any callers in the kernel and
- any functionality provided can be provided with filemap_fault. The
- removal schedule is short because they are a big maintainence burden
- and have some bugs.
-Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
-
----------------------------
-
-What: vm_ops.populate, install_page
-When: April 2007
-Why: These legacy interfaces no longer have any callers in the kernel and
- any functionality provided can be provided with vm_ops.fault.
-Who: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
-
----------------------------
-
What: vm_ops.nopage
When: February 2008, provided in-kernel callers have been converted
Why: This interface is replaced by vm_ops.fault, but it has been around
-
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