linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v13 4/8] powerpc: add pmd

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Message-ID: <87ppggedgg.fsf@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Date:	Mon, 04 Aug 2014 16:20:07 +0530
From:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@...il.com>,
	Linux API <linux-api@...r.kernel.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Jason Evans <je@...com>,
	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>,
	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
	linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v13 4/8] powerpc: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org> writes:

> MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent
> overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for
> THP page.
>
> This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE
> support.
>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org

Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>

> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@...nel.org>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
> index eb9261024f51..c9a4bbe8e179 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
> @@ -468,9 +468,11 @@ static inline pte_t *pmdp_ptep(pmd_t *pmd)
>
>  #define pmd_pfn(pmd)		pte_pfn(pmd_pte(pmd))
>  #define pmd_young(pmd)		pte_young(pmd_pte(pmd))
> +#define pmd_dirty(pmd)		pte_dirty(pmd_pte(pmd))
>  #define pmd_mkold(pmd)		pte_pmd(pte_mkold(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>  #define pmd_wrprotect(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_wrprotect(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>  #define pmd_mkdirty(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkdirty(pmd_pte(pmd)))
> +#define pmd_mkclean(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkclean(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>  #define pmd_mkyoung(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkyoung(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>  #define pmd_mkwrite(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkwrite(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>
> -- 
> 2.0.0

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