linux-kernel - [RFC 05/11] mm: add follow_pte

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Message-Id: <1446149535-16200-6-git-send-email-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 29 Oct 2015 14:12:09 -0600
From:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	"J. Bruce Fields" <bfields@...ldses.org>,
	"Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
	Jeff Layton <jlayton@...chiereds.net>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, x86@...nel.org,
	xfs@....sgi.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@...el.com>
Subject: [RFC 05/11] mm: add follow_pte_pmd()

Similar to follow_pte(), follow_pte_pmd() allows either a PTE leaf or a
huge page PMD leaf to be found and returned.

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
---
 include/linux/mm.h |  2 ++
 mm/memory.c        | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 80001de..393441c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1166,6 +1166,8 @@ int copy_page_range(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src,
 			struct vm_area_struct *vma);
 void unmap_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 		loff_t const holebegin, loff_t const holelen, int even_cows);
+int follow_pte_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
+			     pte_t **ptepp, pmd_t **pmdpp, spinlock_t **ptlp);
 int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 	unsigned long *pfn);
 int follow_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index deb679c..c2b8c0a 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -3512,8 +3512,8 @@ int __pmd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud, unsigned long address)
 }
 #endif /* __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED */
 
-static int __follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
-		pte_t **ptepp, spinlock_t **ptlp)
+static int __follow_pte_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
+		pte_t **ptepp, pmd_t **pmdpp, spinlock_t **ptlp)
 {
 	pgd_t *pgd;
 	pud_t *pud;
@@ -3529,12 +3529,23 @@ static int __follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 		goto out;
 
 	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address);
-	VM_BUG_ON(pmd_trans_huge(*pmd));
-	if (pmd_none(*pmd) || unlikely(pmd_bad(*pmd)))
-		goto out;
 
-	/* We cannot handle huge page PFN maps. Luckily they don't exist. */
-	if (pmd_huge(*pmd))
+	if (pmd_huge(*pmd)) {
+		if (!pmdpp)
+			goto out;
+
+		*ptlp = pmd_lock(mm, pmd);
+		if (pmd_huge(*pmd)) {
+			/* Success, we found a large PTE */
+			*pmdpp = pmd;
+			return 0;
+		}
+		/* Somebody removed the PMD entry, try it as a pte */
+		spin_unlock(*ptlp);
+	}
+
+	/* FIXME: pmd_bad() is sometimes set for DAX pmds? */
+	if (pmd_none(*pmd) || unlikely(pmd_bad(*pmd)))
 		goto out;
 
 	ptep = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, address, ptlp);
@@ -3557,9 +3568,23 @@ static inline int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
 
 	/* (void) is needed to make gcc happy */
 	(void) __cond_lock(*ptlp,
-			   !(res = __follow_pte(mm, address, ptepp, ptlp)));
+			   !(res = __follow_pte_pmd(mm, address, ptepp, NULL,
+					   ptlp)));
+	return res;
+}
+
+int follow_pte_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
+			     pte_t **ptepp, pmd_t **pmdpp, spinlock_t **ptlp)
+{
+	int res;
+
+	/* (void) is needed to make gcc happy */
+	(void) __cond_lock(*ptlp,
+			   !(res = __follow_pte_pmd(mm, address, ptepp, pmdpp,
+					   ptlp)));
 	return res;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(follow_pte_pmd);
 
 /**
  * follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
-- 
2.1.0

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