linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/7] hugetlb: check swap entry in follow_hugetlb

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Date:	Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:28:54 +0900
From:	Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
To:	Andi Kleen <tatsu@...jp.nec.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>,
	Christoph Lameter <cl@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
	Fernando Luis Vazquez Cao <fernando@....ntt.co.jp>,
	tony.luck@...el.com, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: [PATCH 1/7] hugetlb: check swap entry in follow_hugetlb_page()

KVM host calls follow_hugetlb_page() in HVA-PFN translation
(through get_user_pages(),) so we need to have it handle swap
entry to detect HWPOISONed or migrating hugepages.

Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com>
---
 mm/hugetlb.c |    4 +++-
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

diff --git v2.6.38-rc1/mm/hugetlb.c v2.6.38-rc1/mm/hugetlb.c
index bb0b7c1..97c7471 100644
--- v2.6.38-rc1/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ v2.6.38-rc1/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -2731,6 +2731,7 @@ int follow_hugetlb_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 	while (vaddr < vma->vm_end && remainder) {
 		pte_t *pte;
 		int absent;
+		int swap;
 		struct page *page;
 
 		/*
@@ -2740,6 +2741,7 @@ int follow_hugetlb_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 		 */
 		pte = huge_pte_offset(mm, vaddr & huge_page_mask(h));
 		absent = !pte || huge_pte_none(huge_ptep_get(pte));
+		swap = !absent && !pte_present(*pte);
 
 		/*
 		 * When coredumping, it suits get_dump_page if we just return
@@ -2754,7 +2756,7 @@ int follow_hugetlb_page(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (absent ||
+		if (absent || swap ||
 		    ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) && !pte_write(huge_ptep_get(pte)))) {
 			int ret;
 
-- 
1.7.3.4

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