[PATCH v7 5/9] arm64: hugetlb: Handle swap entries in huge_pte_offset() for contiguous hugepages

Julien Thierry julien.thierry at arm.com
Tue Aug 22 07:14:59 PDT 2017


Hi Punit,

On 22/08/17 11:42, Punit Agrawal wrote:
> huge_pte_offset() was updated to correctly handle swap entries for
> hugepages. With the addition of the size parameter, it is now possible
> to disambiguate whether the request is for a regular hugepage or a
> contiguous hugepage.
> 
> Fix huge_pte_offset() for contiguous hugepages by using the size to find
> the correct page table entry.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal at arm.com>
> Cc: David Woods <dwoods at mellanox.com>
> ---
>   arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> index 594232598cac..b95e24dc3477 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> @@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm,
>   	pgd_t *pgd;
>   	pud_t *pud;
>   	pmd_t *pmd;
> +	pte_t *pte;
>   
>   	pgd = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
>   	pr_debug("%s: addr:0x%lx pgd:%p\n", __func__, addr, pgd);
> @@ -221,19 +222,29 @@ pte_t *huge_pte_offset(struct mm_struct *mm,
>   		return NULL;
>   
>   	pud = pud_offset(pgd, addr);
> -	if (pud_none(*pud))
> +	if (sz != PUD_SIZE && pud_none(*pud))
>   		return NULL;
> -	/* swap or huge page */
> -	if (!pud_present(*pud) || pud_huge(*pud))
> +	/* hugepage or swap? */
> +	if (pud_huge(*pud) || !pud_present(*pud))
>   		return (pte_t *)pud;
>   	/* table; check the next level */
>   
> +	if (sz == CONT_PMD_SIZE)
> +		addr &= CONT_PMD_MASK;
> +
>   	pmd = pmd_offset(pud, addr);
> -	if (pmd_none(*pmd))
> +	if (!(sz == PMD_SIZE || sz == CONT_PMD_SIZE) &&
> +	    pmd_none(*pmd))
>   		return NULL;
> -	if (!pmd_present(*pmd) || pmd_huge(*pmd))
> +	if (pmd_huge(*pmd) || !pmd_present(*pmd))
>   		return (pte_t *)pmd;
>   
> +	if (sz == CONT_PTE_SIZE) {
> +		pte = pte_offset_kernel(
> +			pmd, (addr & CONT_PTE_MASK));
> +		return pte;

Nit: Looks like this is the only place the new variable pte is used. 
Since we don't need to test its value, why not just write:
	return pte_offset_kernel(pmd, (addr & CONT_PTE_MASK));

and get rid of the pte variable?

Cheers,

-- 
Julien Thierry



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