linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH] Change THP code to use pud_page(pud)->ptl lock page_table

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Date:	Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:58:17 -0500
From:	Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>,
	Xiao Guangrong <xiaoguangrong@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Robin Holt <robinmholt@...il.com>,
	Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] Change THP code to use pud_page(pud)->ptl lock page_table_lock

This patch changes out the page_table_lock for the pud_page ptl in the
THP fault path; pretty self-explanatory.  I got lazy and commented out
the spinlock assertion in follow_trans_huge_pmd instead of digging up
the pud_page ptl in this function.  This is just a proof of concept, so
I didn't feel that it was too important to keep around for now. 

---
 mm/huge_memory.c | 4 ++--
 mm/memory.c      | 6 +++---
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c
index a92012a..d3b34e2f 100644
--- a/mm/huge_memory.c
+++ b/mm/huge_memory.c
@@ -1240,10 +1240,10 @@ struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 				   pmd_t *pmd,
 				   unsigned int flags)
 {
-	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
+//	struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
 	struct page *page = NULL;
 
-	assert_spin_locked(&mm->page_table_lock);
+//	assert_spin_locked(&mm->page_table_lock);
 
 	if (flags & FOLL_WRITE && !pmd_write(*pmd))
 		goto out;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index af84bc0..5b4e910 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1527,15 +1527,15 @@ struct page *follow_page_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 			split_huge_page_pmd(vma, address, pmd);
 			goto split_fallthrough;
 		}
-		spin_lock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+		spin_lock(&pud_page(*pud)->ptl);
 		if (likely(pmd_trans_huge(*pmd))) {
 			if (unlikely(pmd_trans_splitting(*pmd))) {
-				spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+				spin_unlock(&pud_page(*pud)->ptl);
 				wait_split_huge_page(vma->anon_vma, pmd);
 			} else {
 				page = follow_trans_huge_pmd(vma, address,
 							     pmd, flags);
-				spin_unlock(&mm->page_table_lock);
+				spin_unlock(&pud_page(*pud)->ptl);
 				*page_mask = HPAGE_PMD_NR - 1;
 				goto out;
 			}
-- 
1.7.12.4

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