linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3.1 4/6] mm/hugetlb: Allow architectures to override huge_pte

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Date:   Mon, 22 May 2017 22:34:45 +0200
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
To:     Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, n-horiguchi@...jp.nec.com,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        mike.kravetz@...cle.com, steve.capper@....com,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        linux-arch <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3.1 4/6] mm/hugetlb: Allow architectures to override huge_pte_clear()

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 6:25 PM, Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com> wrote:
> When unmapping a hugepage range, huge_pte_clear() is used to clear the
> page table entries that are marked as not present. huge_pte_clear()
> internally just ends up calling pte_clear() which does not correctly
> deal with hugepages consisting of contiguous page table entries.
>
> Add a size argument to address this issue and allow architectures to
> override huge_pte_clear() by wrapping it in a #ifndef block.
>
> Update s390 implementation with the size parameter as well.
>
> Note that the change only affects huge_pte_clear() - the other generic
> hugetlb functions don't need any change.
>
> Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@....com>
> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@...ibm.com>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>

Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>