The patch titled
Subject: mm: use flush_icache_pages() in do_set_pmd()
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-use-flush_icache_pages-in-do_set_pmd.patch
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https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-use-flush_icache_pages-in-do_set_pmd.patch
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From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm: use flush_icache_pages() in do_set_pmd()
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2023 16:14:01 +0100
Push the iteration over each page down to the architectures (many can
flush the entire THP without iteration).
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230802151406.3735276-34-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/memory.c | 4 +---
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
--- a/mm/memory.c~mm-use-flush_icache_pages-in-do_set_pmd
+++ a/mm/memory.c
@@ -4400,7 +4400,6 @@ vm_fault_t do_set_pmd(struct vm_fault *v
bool write = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
unsigned long haddr = vmf->address & HPAGE_PMD_MASK;
pmd_t entry;
- int i;
vm_fault_t ret = VM_FAULT_FALLBACK;
if (!transhuge_vma_suitable(vma, haddr))
@@ -4433,8 +4432,7 @@ vm_fault_t do_set_pmd(struct vm_fault *v
if (unlikely(!pmd_none(*vmf->pmd)))
goto out;
- for (i = 0; i < HPAGE_PMD_NR; i++)
- flush_icache_page(vma, page + i);
+ flush_icache_pages(vma, page, HPAGE_PMD_NR);
entry = mk_huge_pmd(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
if (write)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are
mm-drop-per-vma-lock-when-returning-vm_fault_retry-or-vm_fault_completed-fix.patch
rmap-pass-the-folio-to-__page_check_anon_rmap.patch
highmem-add-memcpy_to_folio-and-memcpy_from_folio.patch
affs-convert-affs_symlink_read_folio-to-use-the-folio.patch
affs-convert-data-read-and-write-to-use-folios.patch
migrate-use-folio_set_bh-instead-of-set_bh_page.patch
ntfs3-convert-ntfs_get_block_vbo-to-use-a-folio.patch
jbd2-use-a-folio-in-jbd2_journal_write_metadata_buffer.patch
buffer-remove-set_bh_page.patch
zswap-make-zswap_store-take-a-folio.patch
memcg-convert-get_obj_cgroup_from_page-to-get_obj_cgroup_from_folio.patch
swap-remove-some-calls-to-compound_head-in-swap_readpage.patch
zswap-make-zswap_load-take-a-folio.patch
mm-remove-config_per_vma_lock-ifdefs.patch
mm-allow-per-vma-locks-on-file-backed-vmas.patch
mm-move-fault_flag_vma_lock-check-from-handle_mm_fault.patch
mm-handle-pud-faults-under-the-vma-lock.patch
mm-handle-some-pmd-faults-under-the-vma-lock.patch
mm-move-fault_flag_vma_lock-check-down-in-handle_pte_fault.patch
mm-move-fault_flag_vma_lock-check-down-from-do_fault.patch
mm-run-the-fault-around-code-under-the-vma-lock.patch
mm-handle-swap-and-numa-pte-faults-under-the-vma-lock.patch
mm-handle-faults-that-merely-update-the-accessed-bit-under-the-vma-lock.patch
mm-handle-faults-that-merely-update-the-accessed-bit-under-the-vma-lock-fix.patch
mm-improve-the-comment-in-isolate_migratepages_block.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
