[PATCH] x86: Allow 1GB pages to be SPECIAL similar to 2MB

From: James Custer
Date: Wed Sep 24 2014 - 13:19:35 EST



Signed-off-by: James Custer <jcuster@xxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/mm/gup.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
index dd74e46..12ca9cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ static noinline int gup_huge_pmd(pmd_t pmd, unsigned long addr,
mask |= _PAGE_RW;
if ((pte_flags(pte) & mask) != mask)
return 0;
- /* hugepages are never "special" */
VM_BUG_ON(pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL);
VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte)));

@@ -191,7 +190,6 @@ static noinline int gup_huge_pud(pud_t pud, unsigned long addr,
mask |= _PAGE_RW;
if ((pte_flags(pte) & mask) != mask)
return 0;
- /* hugepages are never "special" */
VM_BUG_ON(pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL);
VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte)));

@@ -223,7 +221,7 @@ static int gup_pud_range(pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
pud_t pud = *pudp;

next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
- if (pud_none(pud))
+ if (pud_none(pud) || (pud_val(pud) & _PAGE_SPECIAL))
return 0;
if (unlikely(pud_large(pud))) {
if (!gup_huge_pud(pud, addr, next, write, pages, nr))
--
1.8.2.1

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