Re: [PATCH mm-unstable v1 11/26] microblaze/mm: support __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SWP_EXCLUSIVE

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   /*
    * Externally used page protection values.
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 42f5988e998b..7e3de54bf426 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -131,10 +131,10 @@ extern pte_t *va_to_pte(unsigned long address);
    * of the 16 available.  Bit 24-26 of the TLB are cleared in the TLB
    * miss handler.  Bit 27 is PAGE_USER, thus selecting the correct
    * zone.
- * - PRESENT *must* be in the bottom two bits because swap cache
- * entries use the top 30 bits.  Because 4xx doesn't support SMP
- * anyway, M is irrelevant so we borrow it for PAGE_PRESENT.  Bit 30
- * is cleared in the TLB miss handler before the TLB entry is loaded.
+ * - PRESENT *must* be in the bottom two bits because swap PTEs use the top
+ * 30 bits.  Because 4xx doesn't support SMP anyway, M is irrelevant so we
+ * borrow it for PAGE_PRESENT.  Bit 30 is cleared in the TLB miss handler
+ * before the TLB entry is loaded.

So the PowerPC 4xx comment is still here?

I only dropped the comment above __swp_type(). I guess you mean that we
could also drop the "Because 4xx doesn't support SMP anyway, M is
irrelevant so we borrow it for PAGE_PRESENT." sentence, correct? Not

Yes, that's what I meant.

sure about the "Bit 30 is cleared in the TLB miss handler" comment, if
that can similarly be dropped.

No idea, didn't check. But if it was copied from PPC, chances are
high it's no longer true....

I'll have a look.


    * - All other bits of the PTE are loaded into TLBLO without
    *  * modification, leaving us only the bits 20, 21, 24, 25, 26, 30 for
    * software PTE bits.  We actually use bits 21, 24, 25, and
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ extern pte_t *va_to_pte(unsigned long address);
   #define _PAGE_ACCESSED 0x400   /* software: R: page referenced */
   #define _PMD_PRESENT   PAGE_MASK

+/* We borrow bit 24 to store the exclusive marker in swap PTEs. */
+#define _PAGE_SWP_EXCLUSIVE    _PAGE_DIRTY

_PAGE_DIRTY is 0x80, so this is also bit 7, thus the new comment is
wrong?

In the example, I use MSB-0 bit numbering (which I determined to be
correct in microblaze context eventually, but I got confused a couple a
times because it's very inconsistent). That should be MSB-0 bit 24.

Thanks, TIL microblaze uses IBM bit numbering...

I assume IBM bit numbering corresponds to MSB-0 bit numbering, correct?


I recall that I used the comment above "/* Definitions for MicroBlaze. */" as an orientation.

0  1  2  3  4  ... 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
RPN.....................  0  0 EX WR ZSEL.......  W  I  M  G


So ... either we adjust both or we leave it as is. (again, depends on what the right thing to to is -- which I don't know :) )

--
Thanks,

David / dhildenb




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