linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 02/17] riscv: mm: Skip pgtable level check in {pud,p4d}_alloc

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Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2024 08:40:13 -0800 (PST)
From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
To: zhengqi.arch@...edance.com
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Subject:     Re: [PATCH v3 02/17] riscv: mm: Skip pgtable level check in {pud,p4d}_alloc_one

On Mon, 23 Dec 2024 01:40:48 PST (-0800), zhengqi.arch@...edance.com wrote:
> From: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@....com>
>
> {pmd,pud,p4d}_alloc_one() is never called if the corresponding page
> table level is folded, as {pmd,pud,p4d}_alloc() already does the
> required check. We can therefore remove the runtime page table level
> checks in {pud,p4d}_alloc_one. The PUD helper becomes equivalent to
> the generic version, so we remove it altogether.
>
> This is consistent with the way arm64 and x86 handle this situation
> (runtime check in p4d_free() only).
>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@....com>
> Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Qi Zheng <zhengqi.arch@...edance.com>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 22 ++++------------------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
> index f52264304f772..8ad0bbe838a24 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
> @@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
>  #include <asm/tlb.h>
>
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> -#define __HAVE_ARCH_PUD_ALLOC_ONE
>  #define __HAVE_ARCH_PUD_FREE
>  #include <asm-generic/pgalloc.h>
>
> @@ -88,15 +87,6 @@ static inline void pgd_populate_safe(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd,
>  	}
>  }
>
> -#define pud_alloc_one pud_alloc_one
> -static inline pud_t *pud_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
> -{
> -	if (pgtable_l4_enabled)
> -		return __pud_alloc_one(mm, addr);
> -
> -	return NULL;
> -}
> -
>  #define pud_free pud_free
>  static inline void pud_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pud)
>  {
> @@ -118,15 +108,11 @@ static inline void __pud_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pud_t *pud,
>  #define p4d_alloc_one p4d_alloc_one
>  static inline p4d_t *p4d_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr)
>  {
> -	if (pgtable_l5_enabled) {
> -		gfp_t gfp = GFP_PGTABLE_USER;
> -
> -		if (mm == &init_mm)
> -			gfp = GFP_PGTABLE_KERNEL;
> -		return (p4d_t *)get_zeroed_page(gfp);
> -	}
> +	gfp_t gfp = GFP_PGTABLE_USER;
>
> -	return NULL;
> +	if (mm == &init_mm)
> +		gfp = GFP_PGTABLE_KERNEL;
> +	return (p4d_t *)get_zeroed_page(gfp);
>  }
>
>  static inline void __p4d_free(struct mm_struct *mm, p4d_t *p4d)

Acked-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...osinc.com>

Are you trying to keep these together, or do you want me to try and pick 
up the RISC-V bits on their own?