On Fri, Jun 29, 2012 at 11:02:41AM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On 06/28/2012 08:55 AM, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
>
> > static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)
> > {
> > - return pte_flags(pte)& _PAGE_FILE;
> > + return (pte_flags(pte)& _PAGE_FILE) == _PAGE_FILE;
> > }
>
> Wait, why is this change made? Surely _PAGE_FILE is just
> one single bit and this change is not useful?
>
> If there is a reason for this change, please document it.
I splitted it off to a separated patch with proper commit log here.
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/andrea/aa.git;a=commitdiff;h=7b2292c7ab86205f3d630533dc9987449fea6347
I haven't checked if it spawns the same warning without the patchset
applied, but I need the build not to show warnings, so while it may be
irrelevant warning for upstream, I don't like to have warnings.
> > static inline int pte_hidden(pte_t pte)
> > @@ -415,7 +417,46 @@ static inline int pte_hidden(pte_t pte)
> >
> > static inline int pmd_present(pmd_t pmd)
> > {
> > - return pmd_flags(pmd)& _PAGE_PRESENT;
> > + return pmd_flags(pmd)& (_PAGE_PRESENT | _PAGE_PROTNONE |
> > + _PAGE_NUMA_PMD);
> > +}
>
> Somewhat subtle. Better documentation in patch 5 will
> help explain this.
It's as subtle as PROTNONE but I added more explanation below as well
as in patch 5.
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_AUTONUMA
> > +static inline int pte_numa(pte_t pte)
> > +{
> > + return (pte_flags(pte)&
> > + (_PAGE_NUMA_PTE|_PAGE_PRESENT)) == _PAGE_NUMA_PTE;
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline int pmd_numa(pmd_t pmd)
> > +{
> > + return (pmd_flags(pmd)&
> > + (_PAGE_NUMA_PMD|_PAGE_PRESENT)) == _PAGE_NUMA_PMD;
> > +}
> > +#endif
>
> These could use a little explanation of how _PAGE_NUMA_* is
> used and what the flags mean.
Added:
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/andrea/aa.git;a=commitdiff;h=0e6537227de32c40bbf0a5bc6b11d27ba5779e68
> > +static inline pte_t pte_mknotnuma(pte_t pte)
> > +{
> > + pte = pte_clear_flags(pte, _PAGE_NUMA_PTE);
> > + return pte_set_flags(pte, _PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_ACCESSED);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline pmd_t pmd_mknotnuma(pmd_t pmd)
> > +{
> > + pmd = pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_NUMA_PMD);
> > + return pmd_set_flags(pmd, _PAGE_PRESENT|_PAGE_ACCESSED);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline pte_t pte_mknuma(pte_t pte)
> > +{
> > + pte = pte_set_flags(pte, _PAGE_NUMA_PTE);
> > + return pte_clear_flags(pte, _PAGE_PRESENT);
> > +}
> > +
> > +static inline pmd_t pmd_mknuma(pmd_t pmd)
> > +{
> > + pmd = pmd_set_flags(pmd, _PAGE_NUMA_PMD);
> > + return pmd_clear_flags(pmd, _PAGE_PRESENT);
> > }
>
> These functions could use some explanation, too.
>
> Why do the top ones set _PAGE_ACCESSED, while the bottom ones
> leave _PAGE_ACCESSED alone?
>
> I can guess the answer, but it should be documented so it is
> also clear to people with less experience in the VM.
Added too in prev link.
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