linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 12/26] mm/memory: Enhance insert_page_into_pte

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Message-ID: <6785b90f300d8_20fa29465@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com.notmuch>
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2025 17:08:31 -0800
From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>, <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 12/26] mm/memory: Enhance
 insert_page_into_pte_locked() to create writable mappings

Alistair Popple wrote:
> In preparation for using insert_page() for DAX, enhance
> insert_page_into_pte_locked() to handle establishing writable
> mappings.  Recall that DAX returns VM_FAULT_NOPAGE after installing a
> PTE which bypasses the typical set_pte_range() in finish_fault.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@...dia.com>
> Suggested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
> 
> ---
> 
> Changes for v5:
>  - Minor comment/formatting fixes suggested by David Hildenbrand
> 
> Changes since v2:
> 
>  - New patch split out from "mm/memory: Add dax_insert_pfn"
> ---
>  mm/memory.c | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
> index 06bb29e..8531acb 100644
> --- a/mm/memory.c
> +++ b/mm/memory.c
> @@ -2126,19 +2126,40 @@ static int validate_page_before_insert(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  }
>  
>  static int insert_page_into_pte_locked(struct vm_area_struct *vma, pte_t *pte,
> -			unsigned long addr, struct page *page, pgprot_t prot)
> +				unsigned long addr, struct page *page,
> +				pgprot_t prot, bool mkwrite)
>  {
>  	struct folio *folio = page_folio(page);
> +	pte_t entry = ptep_get(pte);
>  	pte_t pteval;
>  
> -	if (!pte_none(ptep_get(pte)))
> -		return -EBUSY;
> +	if (!pte_none(entry)) {
> +		if (!mkwrite)
> +			return -EBUSY;
> +
> +		/* see insert_pfn(). */
> +		if (pte_pfn(entry) != page_to_pfn(page)) {
> +			WARN_ON_ONCE(!is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(entry)));
> +			return -EFAULT;
> +		}
> +		entry = maybe_mkwrite(entry, vma);
> +		entry = pte_mkyoung(entry);
> +		if (ptep_set_access_flags(vma, addr, pte, entry, 1))
> +			update_mmu_cache(vma, addr, pte);
> +		return 0;
> +	}

This hunk feels like it is begging to be unified with insert_pfn() after
pfn_t dies. Perhaps a TODO to remember to come back and unify them, or
you can go append that work to your pfn_t removal series?

Other than that you can add:

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>