On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 10:24:17AM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote: > pmd_present() is expected to test positive after pmdp_mknotpresent() as the > PMD entry still points to a valid huge page in memory. pmdp_mknotpresent() > implies that given PMD entry is just invalidated from MMU perspective while > still holding on to pmd_page() referred valid huge page thus also clearing > pmd_present() test. This creates the following situation which is counter > intuitive. > > [pmd_present(pmd_mknotpresent(pmd)) = true] > > This renames pmd_mknotpresent() as pmd_mknotvalid() reflecting the helper's > functionality more accurately while changing the above mentioned situation > as follows. This does not create any functional change. > > [pmd_present(pmd_mknotvalid(pmd)) = true] > > This is not applicable for platforms that define own pmdp_invalidate() via > __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_INVALIDATE. Suggestion for renaming came during a previous > discussion here. Bikeshed alert: maybe pmd_mkinvalid() would be better, given that this is a one-trick pony for pmdp_invalidate()? Will
