[PATCH V5 1/2] arm: mm: Introduce {pte,pmd}_isset and {pte,pmd}_isclear

[Will Deacon]

Hi Steve,

On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 01:23:23PM +0100, Steve Capper wrote:
> Long descriptors on ARM are 64 bits, and some pte functions such as
> pte_dirty return a bitwise-and of a flag with the pte value. If the
> flag to be tested resides in the upper 32 bits of the pte, then we run
> into the danger of the result being dropped if downcast.
> 
> For example:
> 	gather_stats(page, md, pte_dirty(*pte), 1);
> where pte_dirty(*pte) is downcast to an int.
> 
> This patch introduces a new macro pte_isset which performs the bitwise
> and, then performs a double logical invert (where needed) to ensure
> predictable downcasting. The logical inverse pte_isclear is also
> introduced.
> 
> Equivalent pmd functions for Transparent HugePages have also been
> added.


[...]

> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
> index 85c60ad..3b10ec6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h
> @@ -207,17 +207,21 @@ static inline pmd_t *pmd_offset(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr)
>  #define pte_huge(pte)		(pte_val(pte) && !(pte_val(pte) & PTE_TABLE_BIT))
>  #define pte_mkhuge(pte)		(__pte(pte_val(pte) & ~PTE_TABLE_BIT))
>  
> -#define pmd_young(pmd)		(pmd_val(pmd) & PMD_SECT_AF)
> +#define pmd_isset(pmd, val)	((u32)(val) == (val) ? pmd_val(pmd) & (val) \
> +						: !!(pmd_val(pmd) & (val)))
> +#define pmd_isclear(pmd, val)	(!(pmd_val(pmd) & (val)))
> +
> +#define pmd_young(pmd)		(pmd_isset((pmd), PMD_SECT_AF))
>  
>  #define __HAVE_ARCH_PMD_WRITE
> -#define pmd_write(pmd)		(!(pmd_val(pmd) & PMD_SECT_RDONLY))
> +#define pmd_write(pmd)		(pmd_isclear((pmd), PMD_SECT_RDONLY))
>  
>  #define pmd_hugewillfault(pmd)	(!pmd_young(pmd) || !pmd_write(pmd))
>  #define pmd_thp_or_huge(pmd)	(pmd_huge(pmd) || pmd_trans_huge(pmd))
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> -#define pmd_trans_huge(pmd)	(pmd_val(pmd) && !(pmd_val(pmd) & PMD_TABLE_BIT))
> -#define pmd_trans_splitting(pmd) (pmd_val(pmd) & PMD_SECT_SPLITTING)
> +#define pmd_trans_huge(pmd)	(pmd_val(pmd) && pmd_isclear((pmd), PMD_TABLE_BIT))

Why isn't this just pmd_present(pmd) && !pmd_table(pmd)? Put another way, I
see to have forgotten why we need PMD_TABLE_BIT instead of just using
pmd_table and pmd_sect to work out whether we have a table or a block.

Will