linux-kernel - [PATCH, RFC 02/16] mm: implement zero_huge_user

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Date:	Mon, 28 Jan 2013 11:24:14 +0200
From:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
Cc:	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@...el.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Andi Kleen <ak@...ux.intel.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: [PATCH, RFC 02/16] mm: implement zero_huge_user_segment and friends

From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

Let's add helpers to clear huge page segment(s). They provide the same
functionallity as zero_user_segment{,s} and zero_user, but for huge
pages.

Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/mm.h |   15 +++++++++++++++
 mm/memory.c        |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 37 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index e4533a1..c011771 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1728,6 +1728,21 @@ extern void dump_page(struct page *page);
 extern void clear_huge_page(struct page *page,
 			    unsigned long addr,
 			    unsigned int pages_per_huge_page);
+extern void zero_huge_user_segment(struct page *page,
+		unsigned start, unsigned end);
+static inline void zero_huge_user_segments(struct page *page,
+		unsigned start1, unsigned end1,
+		unsigned start2, unsigned end2)
+{
+	zero_huge_user_segment(page, start1, end1);
+	zero_huge_user_segment(page, start2, end2);
+}
+static inline void zero_huge_user(struct page *page,
+		unsigned start, unsigned len)
+{
+	zero_huge_user_segment(page, start, start+len);
+}
+
 extern void copy_user_huge_page(struct page *dst, struct page *src,
 				unsigned long addr, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				unsigned int pages_per_huge_page);
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index c04078b..200a74d 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -4185,6 +4185,28 @@ void clear_huge_page(struct page *page,
 	}
 }
 
+void zero_huge_user_segment(struct page *page, unsigned start, unsigned end)
+{
+	int i;
+
+	BUG_ON(end < start);
+
+	might_sleep();
+
+	/* start and end are on the same small page */
+	if ((start & PAGE_MASK) == (end & PAGE_MASK))
+		return zero_user_segment(page + (start >> PAGE_SHIFT),
+				start & ~PAGE_MASK, end & ~PAGE_MASK);
+
+	zero_user_segment(page + (start >> PAGE_SHIFT),
+			start & ~PAGE_MASK, PAGE_SIZE);
+	for (i = (start >> PAGE_SHIFT) + 1; i < (end >> PAGE_SHIFT) - 1; i++) {
+		cond_resched();
+		clear_highpage(page + i);
+	}
+	zero_user_segment(page + i, 0, end & ~PAGE_MASK);
+}
+
 static void copy_user_gigantic_page(struct page *dst, struct page *src,
 				    unsigned long addr,
 				    struct vm_area_struct *vma,
-- 
1.7.10.4

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