[RFC, PATCHv1 14/28] mm: introduce __p4d_alloc()

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Thu Dec 08 2016 - 11:29:02 EST


For full 5-level paging we need a helper to allocate p4d pagetable.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index fd1a3319f413..ce7639fdeeda 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3789,6 +3789,29 @@ int handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(handle_mm_fault);

+#ifndef __PAGETABLE_P4D_FOLDED
+/*
+ * Allocate p4d page table.
+ * We've already handled the fast-path in-line.
+ */
+int __p4d_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address)
+{
+ p4d_t *new = p4d_alloc_one(mm, address);
+ if (!new)
+ return -ENOMEM;
+
+ smp_wmb(); /* See comment in __pte_alloc */
+
+ spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+ if (pgd_present(*pgd)) /* Another has populated it */
+ p4d_free(mm, new);
+ else
+ pgd_populate(mm, pgd, new);
+ spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+ return 0;
+}
+#endif /* __PAGETABLE_P4D_FOLDED */
+
#ifndef __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED
/*
* Allocate page upper directory.
--
2.10.2