To be able to use the common 4k zero page in DAX we need to have our PTE
fault path look more like our PMD fault path where a PTE entry can be
marked as dirty and writeable as it is first inserted, rather than waiting
for a follow-up dax_pfn_mkwrite() => finish_mkwrite_fault() call.
Right now we can rely on having a dax_pfn_mkwrite() call because we can
distinguish between these two cases in do_wp_page():
case 1: 4k zero page => writable DAX storage
case 2: read-only DAX storage => writeable DAX storage
This distinction is made by via vm_normal_page(). vm_normal_page() returns
false for the common 4k zero page, though, just as it does for DAX ptes.
Instead of special casing the DAX + 4k zero page case, we will simplify our
DAX PTE page fault sequence so that it matches our DAX PMD sequence, and
get rid of dax_pfn_mkwrite() completely.
This means that insert_pfn() needs to follow the lead of insert_pfn_pmd()
and allow us to pass in a 'mkwrite' flag. If 'mkwrite' is set insert_pfn()
will do the work that was previously done by wp_page_reuse() as part of the
dax_pfn_mkwrite() call path.
Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mm.h | 9 +++++++--
mm/memory.c | 21 ++++++++++++++-------
2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index b892e95..11e323a 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -2294,10 +2294,15 @@ int vm_insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long pfn);
int vm_insert_pfn_prot(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
unsigned long pfn, pgprot_t pgprot);
-int vm_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
- pfn_t pfn);
+int vm_insert_mixed_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+ pfn_t pfn, bool mkwrite);
int vm_iomap_memory(struct vm_area_struct *vma, phys_addr_t start, unsigned long len);
+static inline int vm_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+ unsigned long addr, pfn_t pfn)
+{
+ return vm_insert_mixed_mkwrite(vma, addr, pfn, false);
+}
struct page *follow_page_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address, unsigned int foll_flags,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 2e65df1..8d0eef6 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1646,7 +1646,7 @@ int vm_insert_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_page);
static int insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
- pfn_t pfn, pgprot_t prot)
+ pfn_t pfn, pgprot_t prot, bool mkwrite)
{
struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm;
int retval;
@@ -1658,7 +1658,7 @@ static int insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
if (!pte)
goto out;
retval = -EBUSY;
- if (!pte_none(*pte))
+ if (!pte_none(*pte) && !mkwrite)
goto out_unlock;
/* Ok, finally just insert the thing.. */
@@ -1666,6 +1666,12 @@ static int insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
entry = pte_mkdevmap(pfn_t_pte(pfn, prot));
else
entry = pte_mkspecial(pfn_t_pte(pfn, prot));
+
+ if (mkwrite) {
+ entry = pte_mkyoung(entry);
+ entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
+ }
+
set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, entry);
update_mmu_cache(vma, addr, pte); /* XXX: why not for insert_page? */
@@ -1736,14 +1742,15 @@ int vm_insert_pfn_prot(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
track_pfn_insert(vma, &pgprot, __pfn_to_pfn_t(pfn, PFN_DEV));
- ret = insert_pfn(vma, addr, __pfn_to_pfn_t(pfn, PFN_DEV), pgprot);
+ ret = insert_pfn(vma, addr, __pfn_to_pfn_t(pfn, PFN_DEV), pgprot,
+ false);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_pfn_prot);
-int vm_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
- pfn_t pfn)
+int vm_insert_mixed_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+ pfn_t pfn, bool mkwrite)
{
pgprot_t pgprot = vma->vm_page_prot;
@@ -1772,9 +1779,9 @@ int vm_insert_mixed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
page = pfn_to_page(pfn_t_to_pfn(pfn));
return insert_page(vma, addr, page, pgprot);
}
- return insert_pfn(vma, addr, pfn, pgprot);
+ return insert_pfn(vma, addr, pfn, pgprot, mkwrite);
}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_mixed);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(vm_insert_mixed_mkwrite);
/*
* maps a range of physical memory into the requested pages. the old
--
2.9.4
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