The 32-bit x86 PAT code uses __set_pmd_pte() to update pmds. This uses pgd_list currently, but we don't need the global list as we can walk the task list under RCU. (This code already holds the pgd_lock.) Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Brian Gerst <brgerst@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Oleg Nesterov <oleg@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Waiman Long <Waiman.Long@xxxxxx> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c index 997fc97e9072..4ff6a1808f1d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c @@ -438,17 +438,31 @@ static void __set_pmd_pte(pte_t *kpte, unsigned long address, pte_t pte) set_pte_atomic(kpte, pte); #ifdef CONFIG_X86_32 if (!SHARED_KERNEL_PMD) { - struct page *page; + struct task_struct *g, *p; - list_for_each_entry(page, &pgd_list, lru) { + /* We are holding pgd_lock, which implies rcu_read_lock(): */ + + for_each_process_thread(g, p) { + struct mm_struct *mm; + spinlock_t *pgt_lock; pgd_t *pgd; pud_t *pud; pmd_t *pmd; - pgd = (pgd_t *)page_address(page) + pgd_index(address); - pud = pud_offset(pgd, address); - pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address); - set_pte_atomic((pte_t *)pmd, pte); + task_lock(p); + mm = p->mm; + if (mm) { + pgt_lock = &mm->page_table_lock; + spin_lock(pgt_lock); + + pgd = mm->pgd + pgd_index(address); + pud = pud_offset(pgd, address); + pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address); + set_pte_atomic((pte_t *)pmd, pte); + + spin_unlock(pgt_lock); + } + task_unlock(p); } } #endif -- 2.1.4 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>