The patch titled
Subject: mm: remove ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_FOLIO
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-remove-arch_implements_flush_dcache_folio.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-remove-arch_implements_flush_dcache_folio.patch
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: remove ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_FOLIO
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2023 21:43:06 +0100
Current best practice is to reuse the name of the function as a define to
indicate that the function is implemented by the architecture.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230710204339.3554919-6-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst | 24 +++++++++---------------
include/linux/cacheflush.h | 4 ++--
mm/util.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
--- a/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst~mm-remove-arch_implements_flush_dcache_folio
+++ a/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
If D-cache aliasing is not an issue, these two routines may
simply call memcpy/memset directly and do nothing more.
- ``void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)``
+ ``void flush_dcache_folio(struct folio *folio)``
This routines must be called when:
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
and / or in high memory
b) the kernel is about to read from a page cache page and user space
shared/writable mappings of this page potentially exist. Note
- that {get,pin}_user_pages{_fast} already call flush_dcache_page
+ that {get,pin}_user_pages{_fast} already call flush_dcache_folio
on any page found in the user address space and thus driver
code rarely needs to take this into account.
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
The phrase "kernel writes to a page cache page" means, specifically,
that the kernel executes store instructions that dirty data in that
- page at the page->virtual mapping of that page. It is important to
+ page at the kernel virtual mapping of that page. It is important to
flush here to handle D-cache aliasing, to make sure these kernel stores
are visible to user space mappings of that page.
@@ -306,18 +306,18 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
If D-cache aliasing is not an issue, this routine may simply be defined
as a nop on that architecture.
- There is a bit set aside in page->flags (PG_arch_1) as "architecture
+ There is a bit set aside in folio->flags (PG_arch_1) as "architecture
private". The kernel guarantees that, for pagecache pages, it will
clear this bit when such a page first enters the pagecache.
This allows these interfaces to be implemented much more
efficiently. It allows one to "defer" (perhaps indefinitely) the
actual flush if there are currently no user processes mapping this
- page. See sparc64's flush_dcache_page and update_mmu_cache_range
+ page. See sparc64's flush_dcache_folio and update_mmu_cache_range
implementations for an example of how to go about doing this.
- The idea is, first at flush_dcache_page() time, if
- page_file_mapping() returns a mapping, and mapping_mapped on that
+ The idea is, first at flush_dcache_folio() time, if
+ folio_flush_mapping() returns a mapping, and mapping_mapped() on that
mapping returns %false, just mark the architecture private page
flag bit. Later, in update_mmu_cache_range(), a check is made
of this flag bit, and if set the flush is done and the flag bit
@@ -331,12 +331,6 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
dirty. Again, see sparc64 for examples of how
to deal with this.
- ``void flush_dcache_folio(struct folio *folio)``
- This function is called under the same circumstances as
- flush_dcache_page(). It allows the architecture to
- optimise for flushing the entire folio of pages instead
- of flushing one page at a time.
-
``void copy_to_user_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
unsigned long user_vaddr, void *dst, void *src, int len)``
``void copy_from_user_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
@@ -357,7 +351,7 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
When the kernel needs to access the contents of an anonymous
page, it calls this function (currently only
- get_user_pages()). Note: flush_dcache_page() deliberately
+ get_user_pages()). Note: flush_dcache_folio() deliberately
doesn't work for an anonymous page. The default
implementation is a nop (and should remain so for all coherent
architectures). For incoherent architectures, it should flush
@@ -374,7 +368,7 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
``void flush_icache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page)``
All the functionality of flush_icache_page can be implemented in
- flush_dcache_page and update_mmu_cache_range. In the future, the hope
+ flush_dcache_folio and update_mmu_cache_range. In the future, the hope
is to remove this interface completely.
The final category of APIs is for I/O to deliberately aliased address
--- a/include/linux/cacheflush.h~mm-remove-arch_implements_flush_dcache_folio
+++ a/include/linux/cacheflush.h
@@ -7,14 +7,14 @@
struct folio;
#if ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE
-#ifndef ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_FOLIO
+#ifndef flush_dcache_folio
void flush_dcache_folio(struct folio *folio);
#endif
#else
static inline void flush_dcache_folio(struct folio *folio)
{
}
-#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_FOLIO 0
+#define flush_dcache_folio flush_dcache_folio
#endif /* ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE */
#endif /* _LINUX_CACHEFLUSH_H */
--- a/mm/util.c~mm-remove-arch_implements_flush_dcache_folio
+++ a/mm/util.c
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ void page_offline_end(void)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_offline_end);
-#ifndef ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_FOLIO
+#ifndef flush_dcache_folio
void flush_dcache_folio(struct folio *folio)
{
long i, nr = folio_nr_pages(folio);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
rmap-pass-the-folio-to-__page_check_anon_rmap.patch
minmax-add-in_range-macro.patch
mm-convert-page_table_check_pte_set-to-page_table_check_ptes_set.patch
mm-add-generic-flush_icache_pages-and-documentation.patch
mm-add-folio_flush_mapping.patch
mm-remove-arch_implements_flush_dcache_folio.patch
mm-add-default-definition-of-set_ptes.patch
alpha-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
arc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
arm-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
arm64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
csky-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
hexagon-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
ia64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
loongarch-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
m68k-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
microblaze-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
mips-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
nios2-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
openrisc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
parisc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
powerpc-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
riscv-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
s390-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
sh-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
sparc32-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
sparc64-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
um-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
x86-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
xtensa-implement-the-new-page-table-range-api.patch
mm-remove-page_mapping_file.patch
mm-rationalise-flush_icache_pages-and-flush_icache_page.patch
mm-tidy-up-set_ptes-definition.patch
mm-use-flush_icache_pages-in-do_set_pmd.patch
mm-call-update_mmu_cache_range-in-more-page-fault-handling-paths.patch
