The patch titled
Subject: mm: simplify follow_pte{,pmd}
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
mm-simplify-follow_ptepmd.patch
This patch should soon appear at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/mm-simplify-follow_ptepmd.patch
and later at
https://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/mm-simplify-follow_ptepmd.patch
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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Subject: mm: simplify follow_pte{,pmd}
Merge __follow_pte_pmd, follow_pte_pmd and follow_pte into a single
follow_pte function and just pass two additional NULL arguments for the
two previous follow_pte callers.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201029101432.47011-3-hch@xxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/dax.c | 9 ++++-----
include/linux/mm.h | 6 +++---
mm/memory.c | 35 +++++------------------------------
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 38 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/dax.c~mm-simplify-follow_ptepmd
+++ a/fs/dax.c
@@ -810,12 +810,11 @@ static void dax_entry_mkclean(struct add
address = pgoff_address(index, vma);
/*
- * Note because we provide range to follow_pte_pmd it will
- * call mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start() on our behalf
- * before taking any lock.
+ * Note because we provide range to follow_pte it will call
+ * mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start() on our behalf before
+ * taking any lock.
*/
- if (follow_pte_pmd(vma->vm_mm, address, &range,
- &ptep, &pmdp, &ptl))
+ if (follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, address, &range, &ptep, &pmdp, &ptl))
continue;
/*
--- a/include/linux/mm.h~mm-simplify-follow_ptepmd
+++ a/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -1633,9 +1633,9 @@ void free_pgd_range(struct mmu_gather *t
unsigned long end, unsigned long floor, unsigned long ceiling);
int
copy_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *dst_vma, struct vm_area_struct *src_vma);
-int follow_pte_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
- struct mmu_notifier_range *range,
- pte_t **ptepp, pmd_t **pmdpp, spinlock_t **ptlp);
+int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
+ struct mmu_notifier_range *range, pte_t **ptepp, pmd_t **pmdpp,
+ spinlock_t **ptlp);
int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
unsigned long *pfn);
int follow_phys(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
--- a/mm/memory.c~mm-simplify-follow_ptepmd
+++ a/mm/memory.c
@@ -4696,9 +4696,9 @@ int __pmd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, pu
}
#endif /* __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED */
-static int __follow_pte_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
- struct mmu_notifier_range *range,
- pte_t **ptepp, pmd_t **pmdpp, spinlock_t **ptlp)
+int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
+ struct mmu_notifier_range *range, pte_t **ptepp, pmd_t **pmdpp,
+ spinlock_t **ptlp)
{
pgd_t *pgd;
p4d_t *p4d;
@@ -4763,31 +4763,6 @@ out:
return -EINVAL;
}
-static inline int follow_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
- pte_t **ptepp, spinlock_t **ptlp)
-{
- int res;
-
- /* (void) is needed to make gcc happy */
- (void) __cond_lock(*ptlp,
- !(res = __follow_pte_pmd(mm, address, NULL,
- ptepp, NULL, ptlp)));
- return res;
-}
-
-int follow_pte_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
- struct mmu_notifier_range *range,
- pte_t **ptepp, pmd_t **pmdpp, spinlock_t **ptlp)
-{
- int res;
-
- /* (void) is needed to make gcc happy */
- (void) __cond_lock(*ptlp,
- !(res = __follow_pte_pmd(mm, address, range,
- ptepp, pmdpp, ptlp)));
- return res;
-}
-
/**
* follow_pfn - look up PFN at a user virtual address
* @vma: memory mapping
@@ -4808,7 +4783,7 @@ int follow_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vm
if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP)))
return ret;
- ret = follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, address, &ptep, &ptl);
+ ret = follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, address, NULL, &ptep, NULL, &ptl);
if (ret)
return ret;
*pfn = pte_pfn(*ptep);
@@ -4829,7 +4804,7 @@ int follow_phys(struct vm_area_struct *v
if (!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_IO | VM_PFNMAP)))
goto out;
- if (follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, address, &ptep, &ptl))
+ if (follow_pte(vma->vm_mm, address, NULL, &ptep, NULL, &ptl))
goto out;
pte = *ptep;
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hch@xxxxxx are
mm-unexport-follow_pte_pmd.patch
mm-simplify-follow_ptepmd.patch
