Re: [PATCHv7 07/16] x86/mm: Return correct level from lookup_address() if pte is none

From: Kirill A. Shutemov
Date: Mon Feb 19 2024 - 08:52:58 EST


On Mon, Feb 19, 2024 at 01:12:32PM +0800, Baoquan He wrote:
> On 02/12/24 at 12:44pm, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> > lookup_address() only returns correct page table level for the entry if
> > the entry is not none.
> >
> > Make the helper to always return correct 'level'. It allows to implement
> > iterator over kernel page tables using lookup_address().
> >
> > Add one more entry into enum pg_level to indicate size of VA covered by
> > one PGD entry in 5-level paging mode.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Reviewed-by: Rick Edgecombe <rick.p.edgecombe@xxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h | 1 +
> > arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c | 8 ++++----
> > 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
> > index 0b748ee16b3d..3f648ffdfbe5 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
> > @@ -548,6 +548,7 @@ enum pg_level {
> > PG_LEVEL_2M,
> > PG_LEVEL_1G,
> > PG_LEVEL_512G,
> > + PG_LEVEL_256T,
> > PG_LEVEL_NUM
> > };
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
> > index f92da8c9a86d..3612e3167147 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat/set_memory.c
> > @@ -666,32 +666,32 @@ pte_t *lookup_address_in_pgd(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address,
>
> LGTM,
>
> Reviewed-by: Baoquan He <bhe@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> By the way, we may need update the code comment above function
> lookup_address_in_pgd() and function lookup_address() since they don't
> reflect the latest behaviour of them.

I am not sure what part of the comment you see doesn't reflect the
behaviour. From my PoV, changed code matches the comment closer that
original.

Hm?

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Kiryl Shutsemau / Kirill A. Shutemov