linux-kernel - [RFC, PATCHv1 14/28] mm: introduce __p4d

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Date:   Thu,  8 Dec 2016 19:21:36 +0300
From:   "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:     Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Cc:     Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [RFC, PATCHv1 14/28] mm: introduce __p4d_alloc()

For full 5-level paging we need a helper to allocate p4d pagetable.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 mm/memory.c | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index fd1a3319f413..ce7639fdeeda 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3789,6 +3789,29 @@ int handle_mm_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(handle_mm_fault);
 
+#ifndef __PAGETABLE_P4D_FOLDED
+/*
+ * Allocate p4d page table.
+ * We've already handled the fast-path in-line.
+ */
+int __p4d_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address)
+{
+	p4d_t *new = p4d_alloc_one(mm, address);
+	if (!new)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	smp_wmb(); /* See comment in __pte_alloc */
+
+	spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+	if (pgd_present(*pgd))		/* Another has populated it */
+		p4d_free(mm, new);
+	else
+		pgd_populate(mm, pgd, new);
+	spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif /* __PAGETABLE_P4D_FOLDED */
+
 #ifndef __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED
 /*
  * Allocate page upper directory.
-- 
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