Re: [PATCH v4 27/36] x86: Implement the new page table range API

From: Peter Zijlstra
Date: Wed Mar 15 2023 - 07:20:54 EST


On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 01:16:24PM +0200, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 11:34:36AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 05:14:35AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> > > Add PFN_PTE_SHIFT and a noop update_mmu_cache_range().
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Cc: x86@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 13 ++++++-------
> > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
> > > index 1031025730d0..b237878061c4 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
> > > @@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
> > >
> > > static inline u64 protnone_mask(u64 val);
> > >
> > > +#define PFN_PTE_SHIFT PAGE_SHIFT
> > > +
> > > static inline unsigned long pte_pfn(pte_t pte)
> > > {
> > > phys_addr_t pfn = pte_val(pte);
> > > @@ -1019,13 +1021,6 @@ static inline pud_t native_local_pudp_get_and_clear(pud_t *pudp)
> > > return res;
> > > }
> > >
> > > -static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> > > - pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
> > > -{
> > > - page_table_check_ptes_set(mm, addr, ptep, pte, 1);
> > > - set_pte(ptep, pte);
> > > -}
> > > -
> >
> > And remove set_pte_at() apparently.. whut?!?
>
> It's now in include/linux/pgtable.h

All I have is this one patch -- and the changelog doesn't mention this.
HTF am I supposed to know that?