Re: [PATCH v13 4/8] powerpc: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

[Aneesh Kumar K.V]

Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> 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: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
> index eb9261024f51..c9a4bbe8e179 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
> @@ -468,9 +468,11 @@ static inline pte_t *pmdp_ptep(pmd_t *pmd)
>
>  #define pmd_pfn(pmd)		pte_pfn(pmd_pte(pmd))
>  #define pmd_young(pmd)		pte_young(pmd_pte(pmd))
> +#define pmd_dirty(pmd)		pte_dirty(pmd_pte(pmd))
>  #define pmd_mkold(pmd)		pte_pmd(pte_mkold(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>  #define pmd_wrprotect(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_wrprotect(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>  #define pmd_mkdirty(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkdirty(pmd_pte(pmd)))
> +#define pmd_mkclean(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkclean(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>  #define pmd_mkyoung(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkyoung(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>  #define pmd_mkwrite(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkwrite(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>
> -- 
> 2.0.0

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