[PATCH v4 0/5] ptdump: add intermediate directory support

From: Maxwell Bland
Date: Tue Jun 18 2024 - 10:47:26 EST


Makes many several improvements to (arm64) ptdump debugging, including:

- support note_page on intermediate table entries
- (arm64) print intermediate entries and add an array for their specific
attributes
- (arm64) adjust the entry ranges to remove the implicit exclusive upper
bound
- (arm64) indent page table by level while maintaining attribute
alignment
- (arm64) improve documentation clarity, detail, and precision

Thank you again to the maintainers for their review of this patch.

A comparison of the differences in output is provided here:
github.com/maxwell-bland/linux-patch-data/tree/main/ptdump-non-leaf

New in v4:
- Inclusive upper bounds on range specifications
- Splits commit into multiple smaller commits and separates cosmetic,
documentation, and logic changes
- Updates documentation more sensibly
- Fixes bug in size computation and handles ULONG_MAX bound overflow

v3:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/fik5ys53dbkpkl22o4s7sw7cxi6dqjcpm2f3kno5tyms73jm5y@buo4jsktsnrt/
- Added tabulation to delineate entries
- Fixed formatting issues with mailer and rebased to mm/linus

v2:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240423142307.495726312-1-mbland@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- Rebased onto linux-next/akpm (the incorrect branch)

v1:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240423121820.874441838-1-mbland@xxxxxxxxxxxx/


Maxwell Bland (5):
mm: add ARCH_SUPPORTS_NON_LEAF_PTDUMP
arm64: non leaf ptdump support
arm64: indent ptdump by level, aligning attributes
arm64: exclusive upper bound for ptdump entries
arm64: add attrs and format to ptdump document

Documentation/arch/arm64/ptdump.rst | 126 ++++++++++++-----------
arch/arm64/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/arm64/mm/ptdump.c | 149 +++++++++++++++++++++++++---
mm/Kconfig.debug | 9 ++
mm/ptdump.c | 21 ++--
5 files changed, 217 insertions(+), 89 deletions(-)

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