linux-kernel - Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/2] MM: Make Page Tables Relocatable --relcoation code

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Message-ID: <48246815.9070607@goop.org>
Date:	Fri, 09 May 2008 16:04:53 +0100
From:	Jeremy Fitzhardinge <jeremy@...p.org>
To:	Ross Biro <rossb@...gle.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [RFC/PATCH 2/2] MM: Make Page Tables Relocatable --relcoation
 code

Ross Biro wrote:
> +void update_new_page_and_free(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *old_page)
> +{
> +
> +	int type;
> +
> +	/* Currently we only worry about cpu bits in ptes. */
> +	if (old_page->page_table_type == PAGE_TABLE_PTE) {
> +		struct page *new_page = old_page->migrated_page;
> +		spinlock_t *ptl;
> +		pte_t *old;
> +		pte_t *new;
> +		int i;
> +#ifdef __pte_lockptr
> +		ptl = __pte_lockptr(new_page);
> +#else
> +		ptl = &mm->page_table_lock;
> +#endif
> +		spin_lock(ptl);
> +		old = (pte_t *)kmap_atomic(old_page, KM_PTE0);
> +		new = (pte_t *)kmap_atomic(new_page, KM_PTE1);
> +		for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++)
> +			arch_copy_cpu_bits_pte(old, new);
>   

old++, new++?

> +
> +		kunmap_atomic(new_page, KM_PTE1);
> +		kunmap_atomic(old_page, KM_PTE0);
> +		new_page->migrated_page = NULL;
> +		spin_unlock(ptl);
> +	}
> +
> +	old_page->migrated_page = NULL;
> +	type = old_page->page_table_type;
> +	reset_page_mapcount(old_page);
> +
> +	free_page_table_page(mm, old_page, type);
> +}

    J
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