linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/4] mm: introduce mm_[p4d|pud|pmd]

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Date:   Wed, 31 Oct 2018 13:59:59 +0100
From:   Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
To:     Li Wang <liwang@...hat.com>, Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        Janosch Frank <frankja@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>,
        linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Cc:     Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] mm: introduce mm_[p4d|pud|pmd]_folded

Add three architecture overrideable functions to test if the
p4d, pud, or pmd layer of a page table is folded or not.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
---
 include/asm-generic/pgtable.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 5657a20..359fb93 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -1127,4 +1127,20 @@ static inline bool arch_has_pfn_modify_check(void)
 #endif
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * On some architectures it depends on the mm if the p4d/pud or pmd
+ * layer of the page table hierarchy is folded or not.
+ */
+#ifndef mm_p4d_folded
+#define mm_p4d_folded(mm)	__is_defined(__PAGETABLE_P4D_FOLDED)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef mm_pud_folded
+#define mm_pud_folded(mm)	__is_defined(__PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED)
+#endif
+
+#ifndef mm_pmd_folded
+#define mm_pmd_folded(mm)	__is_defined(__PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED)
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _ASM_GENERIC_PGTABLE_H */
-- 
2.7.4