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authorDev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com>2025-07-18 12:02:40 +0300
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>2025-07-25 05:12:40 +0300
commit0aa3657df3ec713fca1f00a57a063b28f2a78147 (patch)
treee0ed5db7f23a88076c955765c0045236a5f24b45 /include/linux
parent1d40f4e3d9d6a2d6807daa22d40ff27fc0c3d0f5 (diff)
downloadlinux-0aa3657df3ec713fca1f00a57a063b28f2a78147.tar.xz
mm: add batched versions of ptep_modify_prot_start/commit
Batch ptep_modify_prot_start/commit in preparation for optimizing mprotect, implementing them as a simple loop over the corresponding single pte helpers. Architecture may override these helpers. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250718090244.21092-4-dev.jain@arm.com Signed-off-by: Dev Jain <dev.jain@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com> Reviewed-by: Barry Song <baohua@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Zi Yan <ziy@nvidia.com> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com> Cc: Joey Gouly <joey.gouly@arm.com> Cc: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com> Cc: Lance Yang <ioworker0@gmail.com> Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Yang Shi <yang@os.amperecomputing.com> Cc: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@hisilicon.com> Cc: Zhenhua Huang <quic_zhenhuah@quicinc.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/pgtable.h84
1 files changed, 83 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index cf1515c163e2..e3b99920be05 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -1331,7 +1331,9 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_modify_prot_start(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
/*
* Commit an update to a pte, leaving any hardware-controlled bits in
- * the PTE unmodified.
+ * the PTE unmodified. The pte returned from ptep_modify_prot_start() may
+ * additionally have young and/or dirty bits set where previously they were not,
+ * so the updated pte may have these additional changes.
*/
static inline void ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr,
@@ -1340,6 +1342,86 @@ static inline void ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
__ptep_modify_prot_commit(vma, addr, ptep, pte);
}
#endif /* __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_MODIFY_PROT_TRANSACTION */
+
+/**
+ * modify_prot_start_ptes - Start a pte protection read-modify-write transaction
+ * over a batch of ptes, which protects against asynchronous hardware
+ * modifications to the ptes. The intention is not to prevent the hardware from
+ * making pte updates, but to prevent any updates it may make from being lost.
+ * Please see the comment above ptep_modify_prot_start() for full description.
+ *
+ * @vma: The virtual memory area the pages are mapped into.
+ * @addr: Address the first page is mapped at.
+ * @ptep: Page table pointer for the first entry.
+ * @nr: Number of entries.
+ *
+ * May be overridden by the architecture; otherwise, implemented as a simple
+ * loop over ptep_modify_prot_start(), collecting the a/d bits from each pte
+ * in the batch.
+ *
+ * Note that PTE bits in the PTE batch besides the PFN can differ.
+ *
+ * Context: The caller holds the page table lock. The PTEs map consecutive
+ * pages that belong to the same folio. All other PTE bits must be identical for
+ * all PTEs in the batch except for young and dirty bits. The PTEs are all in
+ * the same PMD.
+ */
+#ifndef modify_prot_start_ptes
+static inline pte_t modify_prot_start_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep, unsigned int nr)
+{
+ pte_t pte, tmp_pte;
+
+ pte = ptep_modify_prot_start(vma, addr, ptep);
+ while (--nr) {
+ ptep++;
+ addr += PAGE_SIZE;
+ tmp_pte = ptep_modify_prot_start(vma, addr, ptep);
+ if (pte_dirty(tmp_pte))
+ pte = pte_mkdirty(pte);
+ if (pte_young(tmp_pte))
+ pte = pte_mkyoung(pte);
+ }
+ return pte;
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * modify_prot_commit_ptes - Commit an update to a batch of ptes, leaving any
+ * hardware-controlled bits in the PTE unmodified.
+ *
+ * @vma: The virtual memory area the pages are mapped into.
+ * @addr: Address the first page is mapped at.
+ * @ptep: Page table pointer for the first entry.
+ * @old_pte: Old page table entry (for the first entry) which is now cleared.
+ * @pte: New page table entry to be set.
+ * @nr: Number of entries.
+ *
+ * May be overridden by the architecture; otherwise, implemented as a simple
+ * loop over ptep_modify_prot_commit().
+ *
+ * Context: The caller holds the page table lock. The PTEs are all in the same
+ * PMD. On exit, the set ptes in the batch map the same folio. The ptes set by
+ * ptep_modify_prot_start() may additionally have young and/or dirty bits set
+ * where previously they were not, so the updated ptes may have these
+ * additional changes.
+ */
+#ifndef modify_prot_commit_ptes
+static inline void modify_prot_commit_ptes(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+ pte_t *ptep, pte_t old_pte, pte_t pte, unsigned int nr)
+{
+ int i;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr; ++i, ++ptep, addr += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ ptep_modify_prot_commit(vma, addr, ptep, old_pte, pte);
+
+ /* Advance PFN only, set same prot */
+ old_pte = pte_next_pfn(old_pte);
+ pte = pte_next_pfn(pte);
+ }
+}
+#endif
+
#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
/*