Re: [PATCH v12 12/22] mm: pagewalk: Allow walking without vma

[Zong Li]

Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx> æ 2019å10æ19æ éå äå4:12åéï

>
> Since 48684a65b4e3: "mm: pagewalk: fix misbehavior of walk_page_range
> for vma(VM_PFNMAP)", page_table_walk() will report any kernel area as
> a hole, because it lacks a vma.
>
> This means each arch has re-implemented page table walking when needed,
> for example in the per-arch ptdump walker.
>
> Remove the requirement to have a vma except when trying to split huge
> pages.
>
> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  mm/pagewalk.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/pagewalk.c b/mm/pagewalk.c
> index fc4d98a3a5a0..4139e9163aee 100644
> --- a/mm/pagewalk.c
> +++ b/mm/pagewalk.c
> @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ static int walk_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>         do {
>  again:
>                 next = pmd_addr_end(addr, end);
> -               if (pmd_none(*pmd) || !walk->vma) {
> +               if (pmd_none(*pmd)) {
>                         if (ops->pte_hole)
>                                 err = ops->pte_hole(addr, next, walk);
>                         if (err)
> @@ -61,9 +61,14 @@ static int walk_pmd_range(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>                 if (!ops->pte_entry)
>                         continue;
>
> -               split_huge_pmd(walk->vma, pmd, addr);
> -               if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
> -                       goto again;
> +               if (walk->vma) {
> +                       split_huge_pmd(walk->vma, pmd, addr);
> +                       if (pmd_trans_unstable(pmd))
> +                               goto again;
> +               } else if (pmd_leaf(*pmd)) {
> +                       continue;
> +               }
> +
>                 err = walk_pte_range(pmd, addr, next, walk);
>                 if (err)
>                         break;
> @@ -84,7 +89,7 @@ static int walk_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>         do {
>   again:
>                 next = pud_addr_end(addr, end);
> -               if (pud_none(*pud) || !walk->vma) {
> +               if (pud_none(*pud)) {
>                         if (ops->pte_hole)
>                                 err = ops->pte_hole(addr, next, walk);
>                         if (err)
> @@ -98,9 +103,13 @@ static int walk_pud_range(p4d_t *p4d, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
>                                 break;
>                 }
>
> -               split_huge_pud(walk->vma, pud, addr);
> -               if (pud_none(*pud))
> -                       goto again;
> +               if (walk->vma) {
> +                       split_huge_pud(walk->vma, pud, addr);
> +                       if (pud_none(*pud))
> +                               goto again;
> +               } else if (pud_leaf(*pud)) {
> +                       continue;
> +               }
>
>                 if (ops->pmd_entry || ops->pte_entry)
>                         err = walk_pmd_range(pud, addr, next, walk);
> --
> 2.20.1
>

It's good to me.

Tested-by: Zong Li <zong.li@xxxxxxxxxx>