linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/huge_memory.c: update tlb entry if pmd is changed

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Date:   Thu, 25 Jun 2020 09:46:06 -0700
From:   Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
To:     "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Bibo Mao <maobibo@...ngson.cn>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Daniel Silsby <dansilsby@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm/huge_memory.c: update tlb entry if pmd is changed

On 6/25/20 5:01 AM, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com> writes:
> 
>> On 6/24/20 2:26 AM, Bibo Mao wrote:
>>> When set_pmd_at is called in function do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page,
>>> new tlb entry can be added by software on MIPS platform.
>>>
>>> Here add update_mmu_cache_pmd when pmd entry is set, and
>>> update_mmu_cache_pmd is defined as empty excepts arc/mips platform.
>>> This patch has no negative effect on other platforms except arc/mips
>>> system.
>>
>> I am confused by this comment.  It appears that update_mmu_cache_pmd
>> is defined as non-empty on arc, mips, powerpc and sparc architectures.
>> Am I missing something?
>>
>> If those architectures do provide update_mmu_cache_pmd, then the previous
>> patch and this one now call update_mmu_cache_pmd with the actual faulting
>> address instead of the huge page aligned address.  This was intentional
>> for mips.  However, are there any potential issues on the other architectures?
>> I am no expert in any of those architectures.  arc looks like it could be
>> problematic as update_mmu_cache_pmd calls update_mmu_cache and then
>> operates on (address & PAGE_MASK).  That could now be different.
>>
> 
> Also we added update_mmu_cache_pmd to update a THP entry. That could be
> different from a hugetlb entry on some architectures. If we need to do
> hugetlb equivalent for update_mmu_cache, we should add a different
> function.

I do not know the mips architecture well enough or if the motivation for
this patch was based on THP or hugetlb pages.  However, it will change
the address passed to update_mmu_cache_pmd from huge page aligned to the
actual faulting address.  Will such a change in the passed address impact
the powerpc update_mmu_cache_pmd routine?

-- 
Mike Kravetz