[RFC PATCH] mm/thp: Use new function to clear pmd before THP splitting

From: Aneesh Kumar K.V
Date: Mon May 04 2015 - 13:29:46 EST


Archs like ppc64 require pte_t * to remain stable in some code path.
They use local_irq_disable to prevent a parallel split. Generic code
clear pmd instead of marking it _PAGE_SPLITTING in code path
where we can afford to mark pmd none before splitting. Use a
variant of pmdp_splitting_clear_notify that arch can override.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h | 4 ++++
arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c | 11 +++++++++++
include/asm-generic/pgtable.h | 4 ++++
mm/huge_memory.c | 4 ++--
4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
index 43e6ad424c7f..307e705cbead 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
@@ -576,6 +576,10 @@ static inline void pmdp_set_wrprotect(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
extern void pmdp_splitting_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp);

+#define __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_SPLITTING_CLEAR_NOTIFY
+extern void pmdp_splitting_clear_notify(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp);
+
#define __HAVE_ARCH_PGTABLE_DEPOSIT
extern void pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp,
pgtable_t pgtable);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
index 59daa5eeec25..c30b15894edf 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/pgtable_64.c
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
#include <linux/memblock.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
+#include <linux/mmu_notifier.h>

#include <asm/pgalloc.h>
#include <asm/page.h>
@@ -598,6 +599,16 @@ pmd_t pmdp_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
return pmd;
}

+void pmdp_splitting_clear_notify(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp)
+{
+ pmdp_clear_flush_notify(vma, address, pmdp);
+ /*
+ * Serialize against find_linux_pte_or_hugepte
+ */
+ kick_all_cpus_sync();
+}
+
int pmdp_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp)
{
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 39f1d6a2b04d..83ed56c8594a 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -189,6 +189,10 @@ extern void pmdp_splitting_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp);
#endif

+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_SPLITTING_CLEAR_NOTIFY
+#define pmdp_splitting_clear_notify pmdp_clear_flush_notify
+#endif
+
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PGTABLE_DEPOSIT
extern void pgtable_trans_huge_deposit(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp,
pgtable_t pgtable);
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index 078832cf3636..f596312980f9 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1031,7 +1031,7 @@ static int do_huge_pmd_wp_page_fallback(struct mm_struct *mm,
goto out_free_pages;
VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHead(page), page);

- pmdp_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, pmd);
+ pmdp_splitting_clear_notify(vma, haddr, pmd);
/* leave pmd empty until pte is filled */

pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(mm, pmd);
@@ -2865,7 +2865,7 @@ static void __split_huge_zero_page_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
pmd_t _pmd;
int i;

- pmdp_clear_flush_notify(vma, haddr, pmd);
+ pmdp_splitting_clear_notify(vma, haddr, pmd);
/* leave pmd empty until pte is filled */

pgtable = pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(mm, pmd);
--
2.1.4

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