linux-kernel - [PATCH V3 5/8] x86: Introduce function to get pmd entry pointer

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Date:	Tue, 11 Nov 2014 06:43:43 +0100
From:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com,
	konrad.wilk@...cle.com, david.vrabel@...rix.com,
	boris.ostrovsky@...cle.com, x86@...nel.org, tglx@...utronix.de,
	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com
Cc:	Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
Subject: [PATCH V3 5/8] x86: Introduce function to get pmd entry pointer

Introduces lookup_pmd_address() to get the address of the pmd entry
related to a virtual address in the current address space. This
function is needed for support of a virtual mapped sparse p2m list
in xen pv domains.

Signed-off-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@...e.com>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h |  1 +
 arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c               | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
index 0778964..d83f5e7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ static inline void update_page_count(int level, unsigned long pages) { }
 extern pte_t *lookup_address(unsigned long address, unsigned int *level);
 extern pte_t *lookup_address_in_pgd(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long address,
 				    unsigned int *level);
+extern pmd_t *lookup_pmd_address(unsigned long address);
 extern phys_addr_t slow_virt_to_phys(void *__address);
 extern int kernel_map_pages_in_pgd(pgd_t *pgd, u64 pfn, unsigned long address,
 				   unsigned numpages, unsigned long page_flags);
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
index 36de293..1298108 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -384,6 +384,26 @@ static pte_t *_lookup_address_cpa(struct cpa_data *cpa, unsigned long address,
 }
 
 /*
+ * Lookup the PMD entry for a virtual address. Return a pointer to the entry
+ * or NULL if not present.
+ */
+pmd_t *lookup_pmd_address(unsigned long address)
+{
+	pgd_t *pgd;
+	pud_t *pud;
+
+	pgd = pgd_offset_k(address);
+	if (pgd_none(*pgd))
+		return NULL;
+
+	pud = pud_offset(pgd, address);
+	if (pud_none(*pud) || pud_large(*pud) || !pud_present(*pud))
+		return NULL;
+
+	return pmd_offset(pud, address);
+}
+
+/*
  * This is necessary because __pa() does not work on some
  * kinds of memory, like vmalloc() or the alloc_remap()
  * areas on 32-bit NUMA systems.  The percpu areas can
-- 
2.1.2

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