[PATCH 1/3] mm: introduce mm_[p4d|pud|pmd]_folded

From: Martin Schwidefsky
Date: Mon Oct 15 2018 - 12:43:03 EST


Add three architecture overrideable function to test if the
p4d, pud, or pmd layer of a page table is folded or not.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 0416a7204be3..d1029972541c 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -105,6 +105,46 @@ extern int mmap_rnd_compat_bits __read_mostly;
#define mm_zero_struct_page(pp) ((void)memset((pp), 0, sizeof(struct page)))
#endif

+/*
+ * On some architectures it depends on the mm if the p4d/pud or pmd
+ * layer of the page table hierarchy is folded or not.
+ */
+#ifndef mm_p4d_folded
+#define mm_p4d_folded(mm) mm_p4d_folded(mm)
+static inline bool mm_p4d_folded(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+#ifdef __PAGETABLE_P4D_FOLDED
+ return 1;
+#else
+ return 0;
+#endif
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef mm_pud_folded
+#define mm_pud_folded(mm) mm_pud_folded(mm)
+static inline bool mm_pud_folded(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+#ifdef __PAGETABLE_PUD_FOLDED
+ return 1;
+#else
+ return 0;
+#endif
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifndef mm_pmd_folded
+#define mm_pmd_folded(mm) mm_pmd_folded(mm)
+static inline bool mm_pmd_folded(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+#ifdef __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED
+ return 1;
+#else
+ return 0;
+#endif
+}
+#endif
+
/*
* Default maximum number of active map areas, this limits the number of vmas
* per mm struct. Users can overwrite this number by sysctl but there is a
--
2.16.4