linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/7] mm: make zap_pte_range() handle full within-PMD range

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Message-Id: <63c92f1e2a2fa6267490ab9fad5b090316b39b98.1730360798.git.zhengqi.arch@bytedance.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 16:13:20 +0800
From: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
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	Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/7] mm: make zap_pte_range() handle full within-PMD range

In preparation for reclaiming empty PTE pages, this commit first makes
zap_pte_range() to handle the full within-PMD range, so that we can more
easily detect and free PTE pages in this function in subsequent commits.

Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
---
 mm/memory.c | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index c1150e62dd073..002aa4f454fa0 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1691,6 +1691,7 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	pte_t *pte;
 	int nr;
 
+retry:
 	tlb_change_page_size(tlb, PAGE_SIZE);
 	init_rss_vec(rss);
 	start_pte = pte = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
@@ -1730,6 +1731,13 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	if (force_flush)
 		tlb_flush_mmu(tlb);
 
+	if (addr != end) {
+		cond_resched();
+		force_flush = false;
+		force_break = false;
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
 	return addr;
 }
 
-- 
2.20.1