Re: [PATCH v8 12/46] x86, mm: use pfn_range_is_mapped() with CPA

From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
Date: Wed Nov 28 2012 - 12:07:16 EST


On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 07:38:49PM -0800, Yinghai Lu wrote:
> We are going to map ram only, so under max_low_pfn_mapped,
> between 4g and max_pfn_mapped does not mean mapped at all.

I think I know what you are saying but I am having a hard
time parsing it. Is this what you mean?

"We check to see if the PFNs are under max_low_pfn_mapped or
between 4G and max_pfn_mapped. If they are not: then we
map them." ?


>
> Use pfn_range_is_mapped() directly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yinghai Lu <yinghai@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 16 +++-------------
> 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
> index a718e0d..44acfcd 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
> @@ -551,16 +551,10 @@ static int split_large_page(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address)
> for (i = 0; i < PTRS_PER_PTE; i++, pfn += pfninc)
> set_pte(&pbase[i], pfn_pte(pfn, ref_prot));
>
> - if (address >= (unsigned long)__va(0) &&
> - address < (unsigned long)__va(max_low_pfn_mapped << PAGE_SHIFT))
> + if (pfn_range_is_mapped(PFN_DOWN(__pa(address)),
> + PFN_DOWN(__pa(address)) + 1))
> split_page_count(level);
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> - if (address >= (unsigned long)__va(1UL<<32) &&
> - address < (unsigned long)__va(max_pfn_mapped << PAGE_SHIFT))
> - split_page_count(level);
> -#endif
> -
> /*
> * Install the new, split up pagetable.
> *
> @@ -729,13 +723,9 @@ static int cpa_process_alias(struct cpa_data *cpa)
> unsigned long vaddr;
> int ret;
>
> - if (cpa->pfn >= max_pfn_mapped)
> + if (!pfn_range_is_mapped(cpa->pfn, cpa->pfn + 1))
> return 0;
>
> -#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
> - if (cpa->pfn >= max_low_pfn_mapped && cpa->pfn < (1UL<<(32-PAGE_SHIFT)))
> - return 0;
> -#endif
> /*
> * No need to redo, when the primary call touched the direct
> * mapping already:
> --
> 1.7.7
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