The patch titled
Subject: mm: pagewalk: don't lock PTEs for walk_page_range_novma()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-pagewalk-dont-lock-ptes-for-walk_page_range_novma.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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From: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: pagewalk: don't lock PTEs for walk_page_range_novma()
walk_page_range_novma() can be used to walk page tables or the kernel or
for firmware. These page tables may contain entries that are not backed
by a struct page and so it isn't (in general) possible to take the PTE
lock for the pte_entry() callback. So update walk_pte_range() to only
take the lock when no_vma==false by splitting out the inner loop to a
separate function and add a comment explaining the difference to
walk_page_range_novma().
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20191218162402.45610-14-steven.price@xxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Albert Ou <aou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jerome Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Liang, Kan" <kan.liang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vasily Gorbik <gor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Zong Li <zong.li@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/pagewalk.c | 35 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/pagewalk.c~mm-pagewalk-dont-lock-ptes-for-walk_page_range_novma
+++ a/mm/pagewalk.c
@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/hugetlb.h>
-static int walk_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
- struct mm_walk *walk)
+static int walk_pte_range_inner(pte_t *pte, unsigned long addr,
+ unsigned long end, struct mm_walk *walk)
{
- pte_t *pte;
- int err = 0;
const struct mm_walk_ops *ops = walk->ops;
- spinlock_t *ptl;
+ int err = 0;
- pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
for (;;) {
err = ops->pte_entry(pte, addr, addr + PAGE_SIZE, walk);
if (err)
@@ -22,8 +19,26 @@ static int walk_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, un
break;
pte++;
}
+ return err;
+}
+
+static int walk_pte_range(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
+ struct mm_walk *walk)
+{
+ pte_t *pte;
+ int err = 0;
+ spinlock_t *ptl;
+
+ if (walk->no_vma) {
+ pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, addr);
+ err = walk_pte_range_inner(pte, addr, end, walk);
+ pte_unmap(pte);
+ } else {
+ pte = pte_offset_map_lock(walk->mm, pmd, addr, &ptl);
+ err = walk_pte_range_inner(pte, addr, end, walk);
+ pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
+ }
- pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
return err;
}
@@ -394,6 +409,12 @@ int walk_page_range(struct mm_struct *mm
return err;
}
+/*
+ * Similar to walk_page_range() but can walk any page tables even if they are
+ * not backed by VMAs. Because 'unusual' entries may be walked this function
+ * will also not lock the PTEs for the pte_entry() callback. This is useful for
+ * walking the kernel pages tables or page tables for firmware.
+ */
int walk_page_range_novma(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
unsigned long end, const struct mm_walk_ops *ops,
void *private)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from steven.price@xxxxxxx are
