[PATCH -next v4 1/4] mm: page_table_check: move pxx_user_accessible_page into x86

Tong Tiangen tongtiangen at huawei.com
Tue Apr 19 23:44:10 PDT 2022



在 2022/4/19 17:29, Anshuman Khandual 写道:
> 
> 
> On 4/18/22 09:14, Tong Tiangen wrote:
>> --- a/mm/page_table_check.c
>> +++ b/mm/page_table_check.c
>> @@ -10,6 +10,14 @@
>>   #undef pr_fmt
>>   #define pr_fmt(fmt)	"page_table_check: " fmt
>>   
>> +#ifndef PMD_PAGE_SIZE
>> +#define PMD_PAGE_SIZE	PMD_SIZE
>> +#endif
>> +
>> +#ifndef PUD_PAGE_SIZE
>> +#define PUD_PAGE_SIZE	PUD_SIZE
>> +#endif
> 
> Why cannot PMD_SIZE/PUD_SIZE be used on every platform instead ? What is the
> need for using PUD_PAGE_SIZE/PMD_PAGE_SIZE ? Are they different on x86 ?
> .

Hi, Pasha:
I checked the definitions of PMD_SIZE/PUD_SIZE and 
PUD_PAGE_SIZE/PMD_PAGE_SIZE in x86 architecture and their use outside 
the architecture(eg: in mm/, all used PMD_SIZE/PUD_SIZE), Would it be 
better to use a unified PMD_SIZE/PUD_SIZE here?

Thanks,
Tong.



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