linux-kernel - Re: [PATCHv4 08/12] sparc64: Update pmdp_invalidate() to return old pmd value

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Message-Id: <20171213160655.9d95ad8dcf6df855c028fa52@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 13 Dec 2017 16:06:55 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Nitin Gupta <nitin.m.gupta@...cle.com>,
        David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>, sparclinux@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv4 08/12] sparc64: Update pmdp_invalidate() to return old
 pmd value

On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:57:52 +0300 "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com> wrote:

> From: Nitin Gupta <nitin.m.gupta@...cle.com>
> 
> It's required to avoid losing dirty and accessed bits.
> 
> ...
>
> --- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
> +++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
> @@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ void update_mmu_cache_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
>  			  pmd_t *pmd);
>  
>  #define __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_INVALIDATE
> -extern void pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
> +extern pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
>  			    pmd_t *pmdp);
>  
>  #define __HAVE_ARCH_PGTABLE_DEPOSIT
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c b/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
> index 4ae86bc0d35c..5a3ba863b48a 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
> +++ b/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
> @@ -219,17 +219,28 @@ void set_pmd_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
>  	}
>  }
>  
> +static inline pmd_t pmdp_establish(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> +		unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd)
> +{
> +	pmd_t old;
> +
> +	{
> +		old = *pmdp;
> +	} while (cmpxchg64(&pmdp->pmd, old.pmd, pmd.pmd) != old.pmd);
> +
> +	return old;
> +}

um, I think I'll put a "do" in there...

And I'll wait until we see a "tested-by" or a nice ack, please.