Re: [PATCH v3.1 4/6] mm/hugetlb: Allow architectures to override huge_pte_clear()

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Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> On Mon, 22 May 2017 17:25:55 +0100
> Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> When unmapping a hugepage range, huge_pte_clear() is used to clear the
>> page table entries that are marked as not present. huge_pte_clear()
>> internally just ends up calling pte_clear() which does not correctly
>> deal with hugepages consisting of contiguous page table entries.
>> 
>> Add a size argument to address this issue and allow architectures to
>> override huge_pte_clear() by wrapping it in a #ifndef block.
>> 
>> Update s390 implementation with the size parameter as well.
>> 
>> Note that the change only affects huge_pte_clear() - the other generic
>> hugetlb functions don't need any change.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@xxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>> 
>> Changes since v3
>> 
>> * Drop weak function and use #ifndef block to allow architecture override
>> * Drop unnecessary move of s390 function definition
>> 
>>  arch/s390/include/asm/hugetlb.h | 2 +-
>>  include/asm-generic/hugetlb.h   | 4 +++-
>>  mm/hugetlb.c                    | 2 +-
>>  3 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/hugetlb.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/hugetlb.h
>> index cd546a245c68..c0443500baec 100644
>> --- a/arch/s390/include/asm/hugetlb.h
>> +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/hugetlb.h
>> @@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static inline int prepare_hugepage_range(struct file *file,
>>  #define arch_clear_hugepage_flags(page)		do { } while (0)
>> 
>>  static inline void huge_pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
>> -				  pte_t *ptep)
>> +				  pte_t *ptep, unsigned long sz)
>>  {
>>  	if ((pte_val(*ptep) & _REGION_ENTRY_TYPE_MASK) == _REGION_ENTRY_TYPE_R3)
>>  		pte_val(*ptep) = _REGION3_ENTRY_EMPTY;
>
> For the nop-change for s390:
> Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>

Applied the tag locally. Thanks! 

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