Re: [PATCH RFC 1/2] s390x: mm: allow mixed page table types (2k and 4k)

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Thu Jun 01 2017 - 09:00:01 EST



> diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
> index d4d409b..b22c2b6 100644
> --- a/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
> +++ b/arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c
> @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static inline pgste_t ptep_xchg_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
> {
> pgste_t pgste = __pgste(0);
>
> - if (mm_has_pgste(mm)) {
> + if (pgtable_has_pgste(mm, __pa(ptep))) {
> pgste = pgste_get_lock(ptep);
> pgste = pgste_pte_notify(mm, addr, ptep, pgste);
> }
> @@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_xchg_commit(struct mm_struct *mm,
> unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep,
> pgste_t pgste, pte_t old, pte_t new)
> {
> - if (mm_has_pgste(mm)) {
> + if (pgtable_has_pgste(mm, __pa(ptep))) {
> if (pte_val(old) & _PAGE_INVALID)
> pgste_set_key(ptep, pgste, new, mm);
> if (pte_val(new) & _PAGE_INVALID)

I think these two checks are wrong. We really have to test here the
mapcount bit only (relying on mm_has_pgste(mm) is wrong in case global
vm.allocate_pgste ist set).

But before I continue working on this, I think it makes sense to clarify
if something like that would be acceptable at all.

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Thanks,

David