On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 08:14:01PM -0700, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> Currently, page table information is stored within struct page. As part
> of simplifying struct page, create struct ptdesc for page table
> information.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@xxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/pgtable.h | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
> index 5063b482e34f..d46cb709ce08 100644
> --- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
> +++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
> @@ -987,6 +987,74 @@ static inline void ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> #endif /* __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_MODIFY_PROT_TRANSACTION */
> #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
>
> +
> +/**
> + * struct ptdesc - Memory descriptor for page tables.
> + * @__page_flags: Same as page flags. Unused for page tables.
> + * @pt_rcu_head: For freeing page table pages.
> + * @pt_list: List of used page tables. Used for s390 and x86.
> + * @_pt_pad_1: Padding that aliases with page's compound head.
> + * @pmd_huge_pte: Protected by ptdesc->ptl, used for THPs.
> + * @_pt_s390_gaddr: Aliases with page's mapping. Used for s390 gmap only.
Should some arch-specific bits (and a few others) always under some
#ifdefs, so it shouldn't appear on other archs?
> + * @pt_mm: Used for x86 pgds.
> + * @pt_frag_refcount: For fragmented page table tracking. Powerpc and s390 only.
> + * @ptl: Lock for the page table.
> + * @__page_type: Same as page->page_type. Unused for page tables.
> + * @_refcount: Same as page refcount. Used for s390 page tables.
> + * @pt_memcg_data: Memcg data. Tracked for page tables here.
> + *
> + * This struct overlays struct page for now. Do not modify without a good
> + * understanding of the issues.
> + */
> +struct ptdesc {
> + unsigned long __page_flags;
> +
> + union {
> + struct rcu_head pt_rcu_head;
> + struct list_head pt_list;
> + struct {
> + unsigned long _pt_pad_1;
> + pgtable_t pmd_huge_pte;
> + };
> + };
> + unsigned long _pt_s390_gaddr;
> +
> + union {
> + struct mm_struct *pt_mm;
> + atomic_t pt_frag_refcount;
> + };
> +
> + union {
> + unsigned long _pt_pad_2;
> +#if ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS
> + spinlock_t *ptl;
> +#else
> + spinlock_t ptl;
> +#endif
> + };
> + unsigned int __page_type;
> + atomic_t _refcount;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
> + unsigned long pt_memcg_data;
> +#endif
> +};
--
Peter Xu
