linux-kernel - Re: mmotm 2021-05-12-21-46 uploaded (arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c)

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Message-Id: <20210513134754.ab3f1a864b0156ef99248401@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Thu, 13 May 2021 13:47:54 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, broonie@...nel.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-next@...r.kernel.org, mhocko@...e.cz,
        mm-commits@...r.kernel.org, sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Subject: Re: mmotm 2021-05-12-21-46 uploaded (arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c)

On Thu, 13 May 2021 19:09:23 +0200 Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu> wrote:

> 
> 
> > on i386:
> > 
> > ../arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c:703:5: error: redefinition of ‘pud_set_huge’
> >   int pud_set_huge(pud_t *pud, phys_addr_t addr, pgprot_t prot)
> >       ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> > In file included from ../include/linux/mm.h:33:0,
> >                   from ../arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c:2:
> > ../include/linux/pgtable.h:1387:19: note: previous definition of ‘pud_set_huge’ was here
> >   static inline int pud_set_huge(pud_t *pud, phys_addr_t addr, pgprot_t prot)
> >                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~
> > ../arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c:758:5: error: redefinition of ‘pud_clear_huge’
> >   int pud_clear_huge(pud_t *pud)
> >       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > In file included from ../include/linux/mm.h:33:0,
> >                   from ../arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c:2:
> > ../include/linux/pgtable.h:1391:19: note: previous definition of ‘pud_clear_huge’ was here
> >   static inline int pud_clear_huge(pud_t *pud)
> >                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> Hum ...
> 
> Comes from my patch 
> https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/linuxppc-dev/patch/5ac5976419350e8e048d463a64cae449eb3ba4b0.1620795204.git.christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu/
> 
> But, that happens only if x86 defines __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED. And if PUD is folded, then I can't 
> understand my it has pud_set_huge() and pud_clear_huge() functions.

Probably because someone messed something up ;)

Let's try this.

--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c~mm-pgtable-add-stubs-for-pmd-pub_set-clear_huge-fix
+++ a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -682,6 +682,7 @@ int p4d_clear_huge(p4d_t *p4d)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED
 /**
  * pud_set_huge - setup kernel PUD mapping
  *
@@ -721,6 +722,22 @@ int pud_set_huge(pud_t *pud, phys_addr_t
 }
 
 /**
+ * pud_clear_huge - clear kernel PUD mapping when it is set
+ *
+ * Returns 1 on success and 0 on failure (no PUD map is found).
+ */
+int pud_clear_huge(pud_t *pud)
+{
+	if (pud_large(*pud)) {
+		pud_clear(pud);
+		return 1;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
  * pmd_set_huge - setup kernel PMD mapping
  *
  * See text over pud_set_huge() above.
@@ -751,21 +768,6 @@ int pmd_set_huge(pmd_t *pmd, phys_addr_t
 }
 
 /**
- * pud_clear_huge - clear kernel PUD mapping when it is set
- *
- * Returns 1 on success and 0 on failure (no PUD map is found).
- */
-int pud_clear_huge(pud_t *pud)
-{
-	if (pud_large(*pud)) {
-		pud_clear(pud);
-		return 1;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
  * pmd_clear_huge - clear kernel PMD mapping when it is set
  *
  * Returns 1 on success and 0 on failure (no PMD map is found).
_