linux-kernel - [PATCH 02/12] x86/mm/hotplug: Remove pgd_list use from the memory hotplug code

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Date:	Thu, 11 Jun 2015 16:07:07 +0200
From:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-mml@...r.kernel.org, Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>,
	Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Oleg Nesterov <oleg@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@...com>
Subject: [PATCH 02/12] x86/mm/hotplug: Remove pgd_list use from the memory hotplug code

The memory hotplug code uses sync_global_pgds() to synchronize updates
to the global (&init_mm) kernel PGD and the task PGDs. It does this
by iterating over the pgd_list - which list closely tracks task
creation/destruction via fork/clone.

But we want to remove this list, so that it does not have to be
maintained from fork()/exit(), so convert the memory hotplug code
to use the task list to iterate over all pgds in the system.

Also improve the comments a bit, to make this function easier
to understand.

Only lightly tested, as I don't have a memory hotplug setup.

Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@...capital.net>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@...il.com>
Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@...hat.com>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@...com>
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
index 3fba623e3ba5..1921acbd49fd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
@@ -160,8 +160,8 @@ static int __init nonx32_setup(char *str)
 __setup("noexec32=", nonx32_setup);
 
 /*
- * When memory was added/removed make sure all the processes MM have
- * suitable PGD entries in the local PGD level page.
+ * When memory was added/removed make sure all the process MMs have
+ * matching PGD entries in the local PGD level page as well.
  */
 void sync_global_pgds(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int removed)
 {
@@ -169,29 +169,33 @@ void sync_global_pgds(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int removed)
 
 	for (address = start; address <= end; address += PGDIR_SIZE) {
 		const pgd_t *pgd_ref = pgd_offset_k(address);
-		struct page *page;
+		struct task_struct *g, *p;
 
 		/*
-		 * When it is called after memory hot remove, pgd_none()
-		 * returns true. In this case (removed == 1), we must clear
-		 * the PGD entries in the local PGD level page.
+		 * When this function is called after memory hot remove,
+		 * pgd_none() already returns true, but only the reference
+		 * kernel PGD has been cleared, not the process PGDs.
+		 *
+		 * So clear the affected entries in every process PGD as well:
 		 */
 		if (pgd_none(*pgd_ref) && !removed)
 			continue;
 
 		spin_lock(&pgd_lock);
-		list_for_each_entry(page, &pgd_list, lru) {
-			pgd_t *pgd;
+
+		for_each_process_thread(g, p) {
+			pgd_t *pgd = p->mm->pgd;
 			spinlock_t *pgt_lock;
 
-			pgd = (pgd_t *)page_address(page) + pgd_index(address);
-			/* the pgt_lock only for Xen */
-			pgt_lock = &pgd_page_get_mm(page)->page_table_lock;
+			if (!p->mm)
+				continue;
+
+			/* The pgt_lock is only used by Xen: */
+			pgt_lock = &p->mm->page_table_lock;
 			spin_lock(pgt_lock);
 
 			if (!pgd_none(*pgd_ref) && !pgd_none(*pgd))
-				BUG_ON(pgd_page_vaddr(*pgd)
-				       != pgd_page_vaddr(*pgd_ref));
+				BUG_ON(pgd_page_vaddr(*pgd) != pgd_page_vaddr(*pgd_ref));
 
 			if (removed) {
 				if (pgd_none(*pgd_ref) && !pgd_none(*pgd))
-- 
2.1.4

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