[patch 1/2] x86: implement pte_special

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Implement the pte_special bit for x86. This is required to support lockless
get_user_pages, because we need to know whether or not we can refcount a
particular page given only its pte (and no vma).

Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxx>
---
Index: linux-2.6/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #define _PAGE_BIT_UNUSED1	9	/* available for programmer */
 #define _PAGE_BIT_UNUSED2	10
 #define _PAGE_BIT_UNUSED3	11
+#define _PAGE_BIT_SPECIAL	_PAGE_BIT_UNUSED1
 #define _PAGE_BIT_PAT_LARGE	12	/* On 2MB or 1GB pages */
 #define _PAGE_BIT_NX           63       /* No execute: only valid after cpuid check */
 
@@ -39,6 +40,8 @@
 #define _PAGE_UNUSED3	(_AC(1, L)<<_PAGE_BIT_UNUSED3)
 #define _PAGE_PAT	(_AC(1, L)<<_PAGE_BIT_PAT)
 #define _PAGE_PAT_LARGE (_AC(1, L)<<_PAGE_BIT_PAT_LARGE)
+#define _PAGE_SPECIAL	(_AC(1, L)<<_PAGE_BIT_SPECIAL)
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_X86_64) || defined(CONFIG_X86_PAE)
 #define _PAGE_NX	(_AC(1, ULL) << _PAGE_BIT_NX)
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ static inline int pte_exec(pte_t pte)
 
 static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
 {
-	return 0;
+	return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL;
 }
 
 static inline int pmd_large(pmd_t pte)
@@ -265,7 +268,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_clrglobal(pte_t 
 
 static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)
 {
-	return pte;
+	return __pte(pte_val(pte) | _PAGE_SPECIAL);
 }
 
 extern pteval_t __supported_pte_mask;
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