[PATCH v17 6/7] arm64: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

Minchan Kim minchan at kernel.org
Mon Oct 20 03:12:03 PDT 2014


MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent
overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for
THP page.

This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE
support.

Cc: Russell King <linux at arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
Acked-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper at linaro.org>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan at kernel.org>
---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 6d81471183ee..effc859084bc 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -275,10 +275,12 @@ void pmdp_splitting_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 #endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
 
 #define pmd_young(pmd)		pte_young(pmd_pte(pmd))
+#define pmd_dirty(pmd)		pte_dirty(pmd_pte(pmd))
 #define pmd_wrprotect(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_wrprotect(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mksplitting(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkspecial(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkold(pmd)		pte_pmd(pte_mkold(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkwrite(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkwrite(pmd_pte(pmd)))
+#define pmd_mkclean(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkclean(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkdirty(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkdirty(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkyoung(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkyoung(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mknotpresent(pmd)	(__pmd(pmd_val(pmd) & ~PMD_TYPE_MASK))
-- 
2.0.0




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