Subject: + xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table.patch added to -mm tree
To: kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,chris@xxxxxxxxxx,jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx
From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:50:02 -0700
The patch titled
Subject: Re: xtensa: use buddy allocator for PTE table
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table.patch
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From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: xtensa: use buddy allocator for PTE table
At the moment xtensa uses slab allocator for PTE table. It doesn't work
with enabled split page table lock: slab uses page->slab_cache and
page->first_page for its pages. These fields share stroage with
page->ptl.
Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 20 ++++++++++++--------
arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h | 3 +--
arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c | 20 --------------------
3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)
diff -puN arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h~xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h~xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table
+++ a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -38,14 +38,18 @@ static inline void pgd_free(struct mm_st
free_page((unsigned long)pgd);
}
-/* Use a slab cache for the pte pages (see also sparc64 implementation) */
-
-extern struct kmem_cache *pgtable_cache;
-
static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_one_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm,
unsigned long address)
{
- return kmem_cache_alloc(pgtable_cache, GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+ pte_t *ptep;
+ int i;
+
+ ptep = (pte_t *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL|__GFP_REPEAT);
+ if (!ptep)
+ return NULL;
+ for (i = 0; i < 1024; i++)
+ pte_clear(NULL, 0, ptep + i);
+ return ptep;
}
static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(st
return NULL;
page = virt_to_page(pte);
if (!pgtable_page_ctor(page)) {
- kmem_cache_free(pgtable_cache, pte);
+ __free_page(page);
return NULL;
}
return page;
@@ -67,13 +71,13 @@ static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(st
static inline void pte_free_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *pte)
{
- kmem_cache_free(pgtable_cache, pte);
+ free_page((unsigned long)pte);
}
static inline void pte_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgtable_t pte)
{
pgtable_page_dtor(pte);
- kmem_cache_free(pgtable_cache, page_address(pte));
+ __free_page(pte);
}
#define pmd_pgtable(pmd) pmd_page(pmd)
diff -puN arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h~xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h~xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table
+++ a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -220,12 +220,11 @@ extern unsigned long empty_zero_page[102
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(pgd_t)];
extern void paging_init(void);
-extern void pgtable_cache_init(void);
#else
# define swapper_pg_dir NULL
static inline void paging_init(void) { }
-static inline void pgtable_cache_init(void) { }
#endif
+static inline void pgtable_cache_init(void) { }
/*
* The pmd contains the kernel virtual address of the pte page.
diff -puN arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c~xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c
--- a/arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c~xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table
+++ a/arch/xtensa/mm/mmu.c
@@ -50,23 +50,3 @@ void __init init_mmu(void)
*/
set_ptevaddr_register(PGTABLE_START);
}
-
-struct kmem_cache *pgtable_cache __read_mostly;
-
-static void pgd_ctor(void *addr)
-{
- pte_t *ptep = (pte_t *)addr;
- int i;
-
- for (i = 0; i < 1024; i++, ptep++)
- pte_clear(NULL, 0, ptep);
-
-}
-
-void __init pgtable_cache_init(void)
-{
- pgtable_cache = kmem_cache_create("pgd",
- PAGE_SIZE, PAGE_SIZE,
- SLAB_HWCACHE_ALIGN,
- pgd_ctor);
-}
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-huge_memoryc-fix-stale-comments-of-transparent_hugepage_flags.patch
mm-thp-cleanup-mv-alloc_hugepage-to-better-place.patch
mm-thp-khugepaged-add-policy-for-finding-target-node.patch
mm-thp-khugepaged-add-policy-for-finding-target-node-fix.patch
mm-avoid-increase-sizeofstruct-page-due-to-split-page-table-lock.patch
mm-rename-use_split_ptlocks-to-use_split_pte_ptlocks.patch
mm-convert-mm-nr_ptes-to-atomic_long_t.patch
mm-introduce-api-for-split-page-table-lock-for-pmd-level.patch
mm-thp-change-pmd_trans_huge_lock-to-return-taken-lock.patch
mm-thp-move-ptl-taking-inside-page_check_address_pmd.patch
mm-thp-do-not-access-mm-pmd_huge_pte-directly.patch
mm-hugetlb-convert-hugetlbfs-to-use-split-pmd-lock.patch
mm-hugetlb-convert-hugetlbfs-to-use-split-pmd-lock-checkpatch-fixes.patch
mm-convert-the-rest-to-new-page-table-lock-api.patch
mm-implement-split-page-table-lock-for-pmd-level.patch
x86-mm-enable-split-page-table-lock-for-pmd-level.patch
x86-mm-enable-split-page-table-lock-for-pmd-level-checkpatch-fixes.patch
x86-add-missed-pgtable_pmd_page_ctor-dtor-calls-for-preallocated-pmds.patch
cris-fix-potential-null-pointer-dereference.patch
m32r-fix-potential-null-pointer-dereference.patch
xtensa-fix-potential-null-pointer-dereference.patch
mm-allow-pgtable_page_ctor-to-fail.patch
microblaze-add-missing-pgtable_page_ctor-dtor-calls.patch
mn10300-add-missing-pgtable_page_ctor-dtor-calls.patch
openrisc-add-missing-pgtable_page_ctor-dtor-calls.patch
alpha-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
arc-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
arm-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
arm64-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
avr32-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
cris-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
frv-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
hexagon-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
ia64-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
m32r-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
m68k-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
metag-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
mips-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
parisc-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
powerpc-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
s390-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
score-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
sh-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
sparc-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
tile-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
um-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
unicore32-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
x86-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
xtensa-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
iommu-arm-smmu-handle-pgtable_page_ctor-fail.patch
xtensa-use-buddy-allocator-for-pte-table.patch
mm-dynamically-allocate-page-ptl-if-it-cannot-be-embedded-to-struct-page.patch
mm-dynamically-allocate-page-ptl-if-it-cannot-be-embedded-to-struct-page-fix.patch
mm-dynamically-allocate-page-ptl-if-it-cannot-be-embedded-to-struct-page-fix-fix.patch
thp-mm-locking-tail-page-is-a-bug.patch
mm-drop-actor-argument-of-do_generic_file_read.patch
mm-drop-actor-argument-of-do_generic_file_read-fix.patch
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