Re: [PATCH v3.1 4/6] mm/hugetlb: Allow architectures to override huge_pte_clear()

From: Punit Agrawal
Date: Tue May 23 2017 - 10:53:19 EST


Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> When unmapping a hugepage range, huge_pte_clear() is used to clear the
>> page table entries that are marked as not present. huge_pte_clear()
>> internally just ends up calling pte_clear() which does not correctly
>> deal with hugepages consisting of contiguous page table entries.
>>
>> Add a size argument to address this issue and allow architectures to
>> override huge_pte_clear() by wrapping it in a #ifndef block.
>>
>> Update s390 implementation with the size parameter as well.
>>
>> Note that the change only affects huge_pte_clear() - the other generic
>> hugetlb functions don't need any change.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Thanks, Arnd. I've applied the tag locally.

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