From: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
_PAGE_PSE is used to distinguish between a truly non-present
(_PAGE_PRESENT=0) PMD, and a PMD which is undergoing a THP
split and should be treated as present.
But _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY currently uses the _PAGE_PSE bit,
which would cause confusion between one of those PMDs
undergoing a THP split, and a soft-dirty PMD.
Dropping _PAGE_PSE check in pmd_present() does not work well,
because it can hurt optimization of tlb handling in thp split.
Thus, we need to move the bit.
In the current kernel, bits 1-4 are not used in non-present format
since commit 00839ee3b299 ("x86/mm: Move swap offset/type up in PTE to
work around erratum"). So let's move _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY to bit 1.
Bit 7 is used as reserved (always clear), so please don't use it for
other purpose.
Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <zi.yan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 12 +++++++++---
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h | 10 +++++-----
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index 2160c1fee920..46bf71c77a25 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -180,15 +180,21 @@ static inline int pgd_large(pgd_t pgd) { return 0; }
/*
* Encode and de-code a swap entry
*
- * | ... | 11| 10| 9|8|7|6|5| 4| 3|2|1|0| <- bit number
- * | ... |SW3|SW2|SW1|G|L|D|A|CD|WT|U|W|P| <- bit names
- * | OFFSET (14->63) | TYPE (9-13) |0|X|X|X| X| X|X|X|0| <- swp entry
+ * | ... | 11| 10| 9|8|7|6|5| 4| 3|2| 1|0| <- bit number
+ * | ... |SW3|SW2|SW1|G|L|D|A|CD|WT|U| W|P| <- bit names
+ * | OFFSET (14->63) | TYPE (9-13) |0|0|X|X| X| X|X|SD|0| <- swp entry
*
* G (8) is aliased and used as a PROT_NONE indicator for
* !present ptes. We need to start storing swap entries above
* there. We also need to avoid using A and D because of an
* erratum where they can be incorrectly set by hardware on
* non-present PTEs.
+ *
+ * SD (1) in swp entry is used to store soft dirty bit, which helps us
+ * remember soft dirty over page migration
+ *
+ * Bit 7 in swp entry should be 0 because pmd_present checks not only P,
+ * but also L and G.
*/
#define SWP_TYPE_FIRST_BIT (_PAGE_BIT_PROTNONE + 1)
#define SWP_TYPE_BITS 5
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
index bf9638e1ee42..c612a8f08422 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h
@@ -97,15 +97,15 @@
/*
* Tracking soft dirty bit when a page goes to a swap is tricky.
* We need a bit which can be stored in pte _and_ not conflict
- * with swap entry format. On x86 bits 6 and 7 are *not* involved
- * into swap entry computation, but bit 6 is used for nonlinear
- * file mapping, so we borrow bit 7 for soft dirty tracking.
+ * with swap entry format. On x86 bits 1-4 are *not* involved
+ * into swap entry computation, but bit 7 is used for thp migration,
+ * so we borrow bit 1 for soft dirty tracking.
*
* Please note that this bit must be treated as swap dirty page
- * mark if and only if the PTE has present bit clear!
+ * mark if and only if the PTE/PMD has present bit clear!
*/
#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
-#define _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY _PAGE_PSE
+#define _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY _PAGE_RW
#else
#define _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY (_AT(pteval_t, 0))
#endif
--
2.11.0
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