From: Alex Shi <alexs@xxxxxxxxxx> We have struct ptdesc for page table descriptor a year ago, but it has no much usages in kernel, while pgtable_t is used widely. The pgtable_t is typedefed as 'pte_t *' in sparc, s390, powerpc and m68k except SUN3, others archs are all same as 'struct page *'. These blocks the conception and code update for page table descriptor to struct ptdesc. So, the simple idea to push the ptdesc conception forward is to update all pgtable_t by ptdesc or pte_t pointer. But this needs widely knowledges for most all of different archs. Common code change is easy for include/ and mm/ directory, but it's hard in all archs. Thanks for intel LKP framework, I fixed most all of build issues except a bug on powerpc which reports a "struct ptdesc *" incompatible with struct ptdesc *' pointer issue... Another trouble is pmd_pgtable() conversion in the last patch. Maybe some of arch need define theirself own pmd_ptdesc()? This patchset is immature, even except above 2 issues, I just tested virutal machine booting and kselftest mm on x86 and arm64. Anyway any input are appreciated! Thanks Alex Alex Shi (18): mm/pgtable: use ptdesc in pte_free_now/pte_free_defer mm/pgtable: convert ptdesc.pmd_huge_pte to ptdesc pointer fs/dax: use ptdesc in dax_pmd_load_hole mm/thp: use ptdesc pointer in __do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page mm/thp: use ptdesc in do_huge_pmd_anonymous_page mm/thp: convert insert_pfn_pmd and its caller to use ptdesc mm/thp: use ptdesc in copy_huge_pmd mm/memory: use ptdesc in __pte_alloc mm/pgtable: fully use ptdesc in pte_alloc_one series functions mm/pgtable: pass ptdesc to pte_free() mm/pgtable: introduce ptdesc_pfn and use ptdesc in free_pte_range() mm/thp: pass ptdesc to set_huge_zero_folio function mm/pgtable: return ptdesc pointer in pgtable_trans_huge_withdraw mm/pgtable: use ptdesc in pgtable_trans_huge_deposit mm/pgtable: pass ptdesc to pmd_populate mm/pgtable: pass ptdesc to pmd_install mm: convert vmf.prealloc_pte to struct ptdesc pointer mm/pgtable: pass ptdesc in pte_free_defer arch/alpha/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/arc/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/arm/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 13 +-- arch/arm/include/asm/tlb.h | 4 +- arch/arm/mm/pgd.c | 2 +- arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/arm64/include/asm/tlb.h | 4 +- arch/csky/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/hexagon/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 8 +- arch/loongarch/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 8 +- arch/m68k/include/asm/motorola_pgalloc.h | 12 +- arch/m68k/include/asm/sun3_pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/microblaze/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 2 +- arch/mips/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/nios2/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/openrisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 8 +- arch/parisc/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 2 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-4k.h | 4 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h | 4 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h | 8 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h | 4 +- arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 8 +- arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/hash_pgtable.c | 10 +- arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_pgtable.c | 10 +- arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 8 +- arch/s390/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/s390/include/asm/pgtable.h | 4 +- arch/s390/mm/pgalloc.c | 2 +- arch/s390/mm/pgtable.c | 14 +-- arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 4 +- arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_32.h | 6 +- arch/sparc/include/asm/pgalloc_64.h | 2 +- arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 4 +- arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c | 2 +- arch/sparc/mm/srmmu.c | 6 +- arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c | 14 +-- arch/x86/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 10 +- arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 8 +- arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 12 +- fs/dax.c | 14 +-- include/asm-generic/pgalloc.h | 10 +- include/linux/mm.h | 16 ++- include/linux/mm_types.h | 4 +- include/linux/pgtable.h | 6 +- mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c | 6 +- mm/huge_memory.c | 103 +++++++++--------- mm/internal.h | 2 +- mm/khugepaged.c | 14 +-- mm/memory.c | 15 +-- mm/mremap.c | 2 +- mm/pgtable-generic.c | 37 +++---- 53 files changed, 240 insertions(+), 236 deletions(-) -- 2.43.0