linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 18 of 66] add pmd mangling functions to x86

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Date:	Mon, 29 Nov 2010 17:59:25 +0100
From:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
To:	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Cc:	linux-mm@...ck.org, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Marcelo Tosatti <mtosatti@...hat.com>,
	Adam Litke <agl@...ibm.com>, Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>, Mike Travis <travis@....com>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Chris Wright <chrisw@...s-sol.org>, bpicco@...hat.com,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Balbir Singh <balbir@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	"Michael S. Tsirkin" <mst@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Daisuke Nishimura <nishimura@....nes.nec.co.jp>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@...cle.com>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 18 of 66] add pmd mangling functions to x86

On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 10:23:11AM +0000, Mel Gorman wrote:
> > > > @@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ static inline unsigned long pmd_page_vad
> > > >   * Currently stuck as a macro due to indirect forward reference to
> > > >   * linux/mmzone.h's __section_mem_map_addr() definition:
> > > >   */
> > > > -#define pmd_page(pmd)	pfn_to_page(pmd_val(pmd) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
> > > > +#define pmd_page(pmd)	pfn_to_page((pmd_val(pmd) & PTE_PFN_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
> > > >  
> > > 
> > > Why is it now necessary to use PTE_PFN_MASK?
> > 
> > Just for the NX bit, that couldn't be set before the pmd could be
> > marked PSE.
> > 
> 
> Sorry, I still am missing something. PTE_PFN_MASK is this
> 
> #define PTE_PFN_MASK            ((pteval_t)PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK)
> #define PHYSICAL_PAGE_MASK      (((signed long)PAGE_MASK) & __PHYSICAL_MASK)
> 
> I'm not seeing how PTE_PFN_MASK affects the NX bit (bit 63).

It simply clears it by doing & 0000... otherwise bit 51 would remain
erroneously set on the pfn passed to pfn_to_page.

Clearing bit 63 wasn't needed before because bit 63 couldn't be set on
a not huge pmd.
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