linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.8 085/166] mm: clear pmd

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Date:	Wed, 15 Jan 2014 13:51:39 -0800
From:	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
	kernel-team@...ts.ubuntu.com
Cc:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.8 085/166] mm: clear pmd_numa before invalidating

3.8.13.16 -stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>

commit 67f87463d3a3362424efcbe8b40e4772fd34fc61 upstream.

On x86, PMD entries are similar to _PAGE_PROTNONE protection and are
handled as NUMA hinting faults.  The following two page table protection
bits are what defines them

	_PAGE_NUMA:set	_PAGE_PRESENT:clear

A PMD is considered present if any of the _PAGE_PRESENT, _PAGE_PROTNONE,
_PAGE_PSE or _PAGE_NUMA bits are set.  If pmdp_invalidate encounters a
pmd_numa, it clears the present bit leaving _PAGE_NUMA which will be
considered not present by the CPU but present by pmd_present.  The
existing caller of pmdp_invalidate should handle it but it's an
inconsistent state for a PMD.  This patch keeps the state consistent
when calling pmdp_invalidate.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: Alex Thorlton <athorlton@....com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
---
 mm/pgtable-generic.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
index 0c8323f..eb900bb 100644
--- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c
+++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
@@ -166,6 +166,9 @@ pgtable_t pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw(struct mm_struct *mm)
 void pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		     pmd_t *pmdp)
 {
+	pmd_t entry = *pmdp;
+	if (pmd_numa(entry))
+		entry = pmd_mknonnuma(entry);
 	set_pmd_at(vma->vm_mm, address, pmdp, pmd_mknotpresent(*pmdp));
 	flush_tlb_range(vma, address, address + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
 }
-- 
1.8.3.2

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