Re: [PATCH v11 2/7] x86: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

From: Zhang Yanfei
Date: Tue Jul 08 2014 - 02:26:33 EST


On 07/08/2014 02:03 PM, Minchan Kim wrote:
> MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent
> overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for
> THP page.
>
> This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE
> support.
>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 10 ++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
> index 0ec056012618..329865799653 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
> @@ -104,6 +104,11 @@ static inline int pmd_young(pmd_t pmd)
> return pmd_flags(pmd) & _PAGE_ACCESSED;
> }
>
> +static inline int pmd_dirty(pmd_t pmd)
> +{
> + return pmd_flags(pmd) & _PAGE_DIRTY;
> +}
> +
> static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)
> {
> return pte_flags(pte) & _PAGE_RW;
> @@ -267,6 +272,11 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_mkold(pmd_t pmd)
> return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_ACCESSED);
> }
>
> +static inline pmd_t pmd_mkclean(pmd_t pmd)
> +{
> + return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_DIRTY);
> +}
> +
> static inline pmd_t pmd_wrprotect(pmd_t pmd)
> {
> return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_RW);
>


--
Thanks.
Zhang Yanfei
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