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| author | Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> | 2017-11-27 06:21:25 +0300 |
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| committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2017-11-27 23:26:29 +0300 |
| commit | a8f97366452ed491d13cf1e44241bc0b5740b1f0 (patch) | |
| tree | 088b53c38a80b46fb6d46c49dc521dfa54e3a87b /mm/huge_memory.c | |
| parent | 4fbd8d194f06c8a3fd2af1ce560ddb31f7ec8323 (diff) | |
| download | linux-a8f97366452ed491d13cf1e44241bc0b5740b1f0.tar.xz | |
mm, thp: Do not make page table dirty unconditionally in touch_p[mu]d()
Currently, we unconditionally make page table dirty in touch_pmd().
It may result in false-positive can_follow_write_pmd().
We may avoid the situation, if we would only make the page table entry
dirty if caller asks for write access -- FOLL_WRITE.
The patch also changes touch_pud() in the same way.
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/huge_memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/huge_memory.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 86fe697e8bfb..0e7ded98d114 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -842,20 +842,15 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vmf_insert_pfn_pud); #endif /* CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD */ static void touch_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, - pmd_t *pmd) + pmd_t *pmd, int flags) { pmd_t _pmd; - /* - * We should set the dirty bit only for FOLL_WRITE but for now - * the dirty bit in the pmd is meaningless. And if the dirty - * bit will become meaningful and we'll only set it with - * FOLL_WRITE, an atomic set_bit will be required on the pmd to - * set the young bit, instead of the current set_pmd_at. - */ - _pmd = pmd_mkyoung(pmd_mkdirty(*pmd)); + _pmd = pmd_mkyoung(*pmd); + if (flags & FOLL_WRITE) + _pmd = pmd_mkdirty(_pmd); if (pmdp_set_access_flags(vma, addr & HPAGE_PMD_MASK, - pmd, _pmd, 1)) + pmd, _pmd, flags & FOLL_WRITE)) update_mmu_cache_pmd(vma, addr, pmd); } @@ -884,7 +879,7 @@ struct page *follow_devmap_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, return NULL; if (flags & FOLL_TOUCH) - touch_pmd(vma, addr, pmd); + touch_pmd(vma, addr, pmd, flags); /* * device mapped pages can only be returned if the @@ -995,20 +990,15 @@ out: #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD static void touch_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, - pud_t *pud) + pud_t *pud, int flags) { pud_t _pud; - /* - * We should set the dirty bit only for FOLL_WRITE but for now - * the dirty bit in the pud is meaningless. And if the dirty - * bit will become meaningful and we'll only set it with - * FOLL_WRITE, an atomic set_bit will be required on the pud to - * set the young bit, instead of the current set_pud_at. - */ - _pud = pud_mkyoung(pud_mkdirty(*pud)); + _pud = pud_mkyoung(*pud); + if (flags & FOLL_WRITE) + _pud = pud_mkdirty(_pud); if (pudp_set_access_flags(vma, addr & HPAGE_PUD_MASK, - pud, _pud, 1)) + pud, _pud, flags & FOLL_WRITE)) update_mmu_cache_pud(vma, addr, pud); } @@ -1031,7 +1021,7 @@ struct page *follow_devmap_pud(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, return NULL; if (flags & FOLL_TOUCH) - touch_pud(vma, addr, pud); + touch_pud(vma, addr, pud, flags); /* * device mapped pages can only be returned if the @@ -1424,7 +1414,7 @@ struct page *follow_trans_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, page = pmd_page(*pmd); VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(!PageHead(page) && !is_zone_device_page(page), page); if (flags & FOLL_TOUCH) - touch_pmd(vma, addr, pmd); + touch_pmd(vma, addr, pmd, flags); if ((flags & FOLL_MLOCK) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_LOCKED)) { /* * We don't mlock() pte-mapped THPs. This way we can avoid |