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Message-ID: <1efceec5-7748-6aa8-66d4-a7dfcbc44649@linux.ibm.com>
Date:   Mon, 15 Oct 2018 18:25:18 +0530
From:   "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneeshkumar.opensource@...il.com>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/book3s64: fix dump_linuxpagetables "present" flag

On 10/15/18 12:07 PM, Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Since commit bd0dbb73e013 ("powerpc/mm/books3s: Add new pte bit to
> mark pte temporarily invalid."), _PAGE_PRESENT doesn't mean exactly
> that a page is present. A page is also considered preset when
> _PAGE_INVALID is set.
> 
> This patch changes the meaning of "present" and adds a status "valid"
> associated to the _PAGE_PRESENT flag.
> 

Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>

> Fixes: bd0dbb73e013 ("powerpc/mm/books3s: Add new pte bit to mark pte temporarily invalid.")
> Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/mm/dump_linuxpagetables-book3s64.c | 9 +++++++--
>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_linuxpagetables-book3s64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_linuxpagetables-book3s64.c
> index a637e612b205..ed6fcf78256e 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_linuxpagetables-book3s64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/dump_linuxpagetables-book3s64.c
> @@ -38,8 +38,13 @@ static const struct flag_info flag_array[] = {
>   	}, {
>   		.mask	= _PAGE_PRESENT,
>   		.val	= _PAGE_PRESENT,
> -		.set	= "present",
> -		.clear	= "       ",
> +		.set	= "valid",
> +		.clear	= "     ",
> +	}, {
> +		.mask	= _PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_INVALID,
> +		.val	= 0,
> +		.set	= "       ",
> +		.clear	= "present",
>   	}, {
>   		.mask	= H_PAGE_HASHPTE,
>   		.val	= H_PAGE_HASHPTE,
> 

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