linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 15/44] metag: Huge TLB

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Date:	Thu, 10 Jan 2013 08:57:13 -0800
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	James Hogan <james.hogan@...tec.com>
CC:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 15/44] metag: Huge TLB

On 01/10/2013 07:30 AM, James Hogan wrote:
> +pte_t *huge_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm,
> +			unsigned long addr, unsigned long sz)
> +{
> +	pgd_t *pgd;
> +	pud_t *pud;
> +	pmd_t *pmd;
> +	pte_t *pte;
> +
> +	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
> +	pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
> +	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
> +	pte = pte_alloc_map(mm, NULL, pmd, addr);
> +	pgd->pgd &= ~_PAGE_SZ_MASK;
> +	pgd->pgd |= _PAGE_SZHUGE;
> +
> +	return pte;
> +}

I'd be a bit surprised if you don't have to check for NULL during the
walk down the page tables.  Is there a special reason on your
architecture that this is unnecessary?

(There are several of these, not just this one).

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