[PATCH] - GRU virtual -> physical translation

From: Jack Steiner
Date: Wed Jul 09 2008 - 15:14:50 EST


Open code the equivalent to follow_page(). This eliminates the
requirement for an EXPORT of follow_page(). In addition, the code
is optimized for the specific case that is needed by the GRU and only
supports architectures supported by the GRU (ia64 & x86_64).

Signed-off-by: Jack Steiner <steiner@xxxxxxx>

---

Andrew - do you want incremental patches or should I repost a V4 of
the original GRU driver.

After the GRU code is stabilized, I'll look into moving the open codes
PT lookup code into the kernel.


drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c | 54 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 45 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

Index: linux/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c 2008-07-09 13:54:16.786142769 -0500
+++ linux/drivers/misc/sgi-gru/grufault.c 2008-07-09 13:56:58.762219264 -0500
@@ -213,20 +213,56 @@ static int non_atomic_pte_lookup(struct
return 0;
}

+/*
+ *
+ * atomic_pte_lookup
+ *
+ * Convert a user virtual address to a physical address
+ * Only supports Intel large pages (2MB only) on x86_64.
+ * ZZZ - hugepage support is incomplete
+ */
static int atomic_pte_lookup(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vaddr,
- int write, unsigned long *paddr, int *pageshift)
+ int write, unsigned long *paddr, int *pageshift)
{
- struct page *page;
+ pgd_t *pgdp;
+ pmd_t *pmdp;
+ pud_t *pudp;
+ pte_t pte;
+
+ WARN_ON(irqs_disabled()); /* ZZZ debug */
+
+ local_irq_disable();
+ pgdp = pgd_offset(vma->vm_mm, vaddr);
+ if (unlikely(pgd_none(*pgdp)))
+ goto err;
+
+ pudp = pud_offset(pgdp, vaddr);
+ if (unlikely(pud_none(*pudp)))
+ goto err;
+
+ pmdp = pmd_offset(pudp, vaddr);
+ if (unlikely(pmd_none(*pmdp)))
+ goto err;
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+ if (unlikely(pmd_large(*pmdp)))
+ pte = *(pte_t *) pmdp;
+ else
+#endif
+ pte = *pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, vaddr);

- /* ZZZ Need to handle HUGE pages */
- if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma))
- return -EFAULT;
- *pageshift = PAGE_SHIFT;
- page = follow_page(vma, vaddr, (write ? FOLL_WRITE : 0));
- if (!page)
+ local_irq_enable();
+
+ if (unlikely(!pte_present(pte) ||
+ (write && (!pte_write(pte) || !pte_dirty(pte)))))
return 1;
- *paddr = page_to_phys(page);
+
+ *paddr = pte_pfn(pte) << PAGE_SHIFT;
+ *pageshift = is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma) ? HPAGE_SHIFT : PAGE_SHIFT;
return 0;
+
+err:
+ local_irq_enable();
+ return 1;
}

/*
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