linux-kernel - [PATCH 6/7] x86: mm: Restore original pte

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Date:	Fri, 14 Nov 2014 13:33:05 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Aneesh Kumar <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Kirill Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Sasha Levin <sasha.levin@...cle.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] x86: mm: Restore original pte_special check

Commit b38af4721f59 ("x86,mm: fix pte_special versus pte_numa") adjusted
the pte_special check to take into account that a special pte had SPECIAL
and neither PRESENT nor PROTNONE. Now that NUMA hinting PTEs are no
longer modifying _PAGE_PRESENT it should be safe to restore the original
pte_special behaviour.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
---
 arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 8 +-------
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index f8799e0..5241332 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -131,13 +131,7 @@ static inline int pte_exec(pte_t pte)
 
 static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
 {
-	/*
-	 * See CONFIG_NUMA_BALANCING pte_numa in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h.
-	 * On x86 we have _PAGE_BIT_NUMA == _PAGE_BIT_GLOBAL+1 ==
-	 * __PAGE_BIT_SOFTW1 == _PAGE_BIT_SPECIAL.
-	 */
-	return (pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL) &&
-		(pte_flags(pte) & (_PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_PROTNONE));
+	return pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL;
 }
 
 static inline unsigned long pte_pfn(pte_t pte)
-- 
1.8.4.5

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