The patch titled
Subject: hugetlb: pte_alloc_huge() to replace huge pte_alloc_map()
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
hugetlb-pte_alloc_huge-to-replace-huge-pte_alloc_map.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/hugetlb-pte_alloc_huge-to-replace-huge-pte_alloc_map.patch
This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at
git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: hugetlb: pte_alloc_huge() to replace huge pte_alloc_map()
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 22:22:02 -0700 (PDT)
Some architectures can have their hugetlb pages down at the lowest PTE
level: their huge_pte_alloc() using pte_alloc_map(), but without any
following pte_unmap(). Since none of these arches uses CONFIG_HIGHPTE,
this is not seen as a problem at present; but would become a problem if
forthcoming changes were to add an rcu_read_lock() into pte_offset_map(),
with the rcu_read_unlock() expected in pte_unmap().
Similarly in their huge_pte_offset(): pte_offset_kernel() is good enough
for that, but it's probably less confusing if we define pte_offset_huge()
along with pte_alloc_huge(). Only define them without CONFIG_HIGHPTE: so
there would be a build error to signal if ever more work is needed.
For ease of development, define these now for 6.4-rc1, ahead of any use:
then architectures can integrate patches using them, independent from mm.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ae9e7d98-8a3a-cfd9-4762-bcddffdf96cf@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/hugetlb.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h~hugetlb-pte_alloc_huge-to-replace-huge-pte_alloc_map
+++ a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -191,6 +191,23 @@ extern struct list_head huge_boot_pages;
/* arch callbacks */
+#ifndef CONFIG_HIGHPTE
+/*
+ * pte_offset_huge() and pte_alloc_huge() are helpers for those architectures
+ * which may go down to the lowest PTE level in their huge_pte_offset() and
+ * huge_pte_alloc(): to avoid reliance on pte_offset_map() without pte_unmap().
+ */
+static inline pte_t *pte_offset_huge(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long address)
+{
+ return pte_offset_kernel(pmd, address);
+}
+static inline pte_t *pte_alloc_huge(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
+ unsigned long address)
+{
+ return pte_alloc(mm, pmd) ? NULL : pte_offset_huge(pmd, address);
+}
+#endif
+
pte_t *huge_pte_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, unsigned long sz);
/*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from hughd@xxxxxxxxxx are
hugetlb-pte_alloc_huge-to-replace-huge-pte_alloc_map.patch
ia64-fix-an-addr-to-taddr-in-huge_pte_offset.patch
