On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 07:03:04PM +0000, Joao Martins wrote: > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h > @@ -293,6 +293,15 @@ static inline int pgd_devmap(pgd_t pgd) > { > return 0; > } > +#endif > + > +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL > +static inline int pmd_special(pmd_t pmd) > +{ > + return !!(pmd_flags(pmd) & _PAGE_SPECIAL); > +} > +#endif The ifdef/endif don't make much sense here; x86 does have PTE_SPECIAL, and this is an x86 header file, so that can be assumed. > +++ b/mm/gup.c > @@ -2079,6 +2079,9 @@ static int gup_huge_pmd(pmd_t orig, pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, > return __gup_device_huge_pmd(orig, pmdp, addr, end, pages, nr); > } > > + if (pmd_special(orig)) > + return 0; Here, you're calling it unconditionally. I think you need a pmd_special() conditionally defined in include/asm-generic/pgtable.h +#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL +static inline bool pmd_special(pmd_t pmd) +{ + return false; +} +#endif (oh, and plese use bool instead of int; I know that's different from pte_special(), but pte_special() predates bool and nobody's done the work to convert it yet) > +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c > @@ -791,6 +791,8 @@ static void insert_pfn_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, > entry = pmd_mkhuge(pfn_t_pmd(pfn, prot)); > if (pfn_t_devmap(pfn)) > entry = pmd_mkdevmap(entry); > + else if (pfn_t_special(pfn)) > + entry = pmd_mkspecial(entry); Again, we'll need a generic one. > @@ -823,8 +825,7 @@ vm_fault_t vmf_insert_pfn_pmd(struct vm_fault *vmf, pfn_t pfn, bool write) > * but we need to be consistent with PTEs and architectures that > * can't support a 'special' bit. > */ > - BUG_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP)) && > - !pfn_t_devmap(pfn)); > + BUG_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP))); Should that rather be ... + BUG_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP)) && + !pfn_t_devmap(pfn) && !pfn_t_special(pfn)); I also think this comment needs adjusting: /* * There is no pmd_special() but there may be special pmds, e.g. * in a direct-access (dax) mapping, so let's just replicate the * !CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL case from vm_normal_page() here. */