linux-kernel - Re: [RFC] [PATCH] virtual memmap on sparsemem v3 [1/4] map and unmap

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Sat, 9 Dec 2006 13:52:50 +0900
From:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
To:	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:	akpm@...l.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, clameter@...r.sgi.com,
	apw@...dowen.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] [PATCH] virtual memmap on sparsemem v3 [1/4]  map and
 unmap

This removes implicit default actions in map_generic_kernel() call.
Also changes comments in vmalloc.h

Signed-Off-By: KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>

Index: devel-2.6.19/include/linux/vmalloc.h
===================================================================
--- devel-2.6.19.orig/include/linux/vmalloc.h	2006-12-08 15:02:39.000000000 +0900
+++ devel-2.6.19/include/linux/vmalloc.h	2006-12-09 13:46:17.000000000 +0900
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
  * not managed by standard vmap calls.
  * The caller has to be responsible to manage his own virtual address space.
  *
+ * what you have to do in pud/pmd/pte allocation is allocate page and
+ * populate that entry.
+ *
  * Bootstrap consideration:
  * you can pass pud/pmd/pte alloc functions to map_generic_kernel().
  * So you can use bootmem function or something to alloc page tables if
@@ -88,13 +91,12 @@
  */
 
 struct gen_map_kern_ops {
-	/* must be defined */
+	/* all pointers must be filled */
 	int	(*k_pte_set)(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data);
-	int	(*k_pte_clear)(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data);
-	/* optional */
 	int 	(*k_pud_alloc)(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long addr, void *data);
 	int 	(*k_pmd_alloc)(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, void *data);
 	int 	(*k_pte_alloc)(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, void *data);
+	int	(*k_pte_clear)(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr, void *data);
 };
 
 /*
Index: devel-2.6.19/mm/vmalloc.c
===================================================================
--- devel-2.6.19.orig/mm/vmalloc.c	2006-12-08 15:02:39.000000000 +0900
+++ devel-2.6.19/mm/vmalloc.c	2006-12-09 13:44:35.000000000 +0900
@@ -764,15 +764,10 @@
 	int ret = 0;
 	unsigned long next;
 	if (!pmd_present(*pmd)) {
-		if (ops->k_pte_alloc) {
-			ret = ops->k_pte_alloc(pmd, addr, data);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		} else {
-			pte = pte_alloc_kernel(pmd, addr);
-			if (!pte)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		BUG_ON(!ops->k_pte_alloc);
+		ret = ops->k_pte_alloc(pmd, addr, data);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 	}
 	pte = pte_offset_kernel(pmd, addr);
 
@@ -796,15 +791,10 @@
 	int ret;
 
 	if (pud_none(*pud)) {
-		if (ops->k_pmd_alloc) {
-			ret = ops->k_pmd_alloc(pud, addr, data);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		} else {
-			pmd = pmd_alloc(&init_mm, pud, addr);
-			if (!pmd)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		BUG_ON(!ops->k_pmd_alloc);
+		ret = ops->k_pmd_alloc(pud, addr, data);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 	}
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
 	do {
@@ -824,15 +814,10 @@
 	unsigned long next;
 	int ret;
 	if (pgd_none(*pgd)) {
-		if (ops->k_pud_alloc) {
-			ret = ops->k_pud_alloc(pgd, addr, data);
-			if (ret)
-				return ret;
-		} else {
-			pud = pud_alloc(&init_mm, pgd, addr);
-			if (!pud)
-				return -ENOMEM;
-		}
+		BUG_ON(!ops->k_pud_alloc);
+		ret = ops->k_pud_alloc(pgd, addr, data);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
 	}
 	pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
 	do {

-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/