linux-kernel - Re: [RFC patch 7/7] thp, s390: architecture backend for thp on System z

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Message-ID: <20120824080700.GC3533@osiris.de.ibm.com>
Date:	Fri, 24 Aug 2012 10:07:00 +0200
From:	Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
To:	Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@...ibm.com>
Cc:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, aarcange@...hat.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, hughd@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	schwidefsky@...ibm.com
Subject: Re: [RFC patch 7/7] thp, s390: architecture backend for thp on
 System z

On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 07:17:40PM +0200, Gerald Schaefer wrote:
> +#define __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_TEST_AND_CLEAR_YOUNG
> +static inline int pmdp_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +					    unsigned long address,
> +					    pmd_t *pmdp)
> +{
> +	int rc = 0;
> +	int counter = PTRS_PER_PTE;
> +	unsigned long pmd_addr = pmd_val(*pmdp) & HPAGE_MASK;
> +
> +	asm volatile(
> +		"0:	rrbe	0,%2\n"
> +		"	la	%2,0(%3,%2)\n"
> +		"	brc	12,1f\n"
> +		"	lhi	%0,1\n"
> +		"1:	brct	%1,0b\n"
> +		: "+d" (rc), "+d" (counter), "+a" (pmd_addr)
> +		: "a" (4096UL): "cc" );
> +	return rc;
> +}

Just a small side note: given that rrbe is very expensive you probably
should extend this function so it makes use of the rrbm instruction
if available.

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