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authorKirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>2016-07-27 01:25:23 +0300
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-07-27 02:19:19 +0300
commit7267ec008b5cd8b3579e188b1ff238815643e372 (patch)
tree06e45eb3b7b951799e452403dfaf77fefb726b54 /arch/x86
parentbae473a423f65e480db83c85b5e92254f6dfcb28 (diff)
downloadlinux-7267ec008b5cd8b3579e188b1ff238815643e372.tar.xz
mm: postpone page table allocation until we have page to map
The idea (and most of code) is borrowed again: from Hugh's patchset on huge tmpfs[1]. Instead of allocation pte page table upfront, we postpone this until we have page to map in hands. This approach opens possibility to map the page as huge if filesystem supports this. Comparing to Hugh's patch I've pushed page table allocation a bit further: into do_set_pte(). This way we can postpone allocation even in faultaround case without moving do_fault_around() after __do_fault(). do_set_pte() got renamed to alloc_set_pte() as it can allocate page table if required. [1] http://lkml.kernel.org/r/alpine.LSU.2.11.1502202015090.14414@eggly.anvils Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1466021202-61880-10-git-send-email-kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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