The patch titled
Subject: mm/mmu_notifier: use MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR in remove_device_exclusive_entry()
has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is
mm-mmu_notifier-use-mmu_notify_clear-in-remove_device_exclusive_entry.patch
This patch will shortly appear at
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/mm-mmu_notifier-use-mmu_notify_clear-in-remove_device_exclusive_entry.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: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/mmu_notifier: use MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR in remove_device_exclusive_entry()
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:22:57 +0100
Let's limit the use of MMU_NOTIFY_EXCLUSIVE to the case where we convert a
present PTE to device-exclusive. For the other case, we can simply use
MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, because it really is clearing the device-exclusive entry
first, to then install the present entry.
Update the documentation of MMU_NOTIFY_EXCLUSIVE, to document the single
use case more thoroughly.
If ever required, we could add a separate MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR_EXCLUSIVE; for
now using MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR seems to be sufficient.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250226132257.2826043-6-david@xxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/mmu_notifier.h | 8 ++++----
mm/memory.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
--- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h~mm-mmu_notifier-use-mmu_notify_clear-in-remove_device_exclusive_entry
+++ a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
@@ -43,10 +43,10 @@ struct mmu_interval_notifier;
* a device driver to possibly ignore the invalidation if the
* owner field matches the driver's device private pgmap owner.
*
- * @MMU_NOTIFY_EXCLUSIVE: to signal a device driver that the device will no
- * longer have exclusive access to the page. When sent during creation of an
- * exclusive range the owner will be initialised to the value provided by the
- * caller of make_device_exclusive(), otherwise the owner will be NULL.
+ * @MMU_NOTIFY_EXCLUSIVE: conversion of a page table entry to device-exclusive.
+ * The owner is initialized to the value provided by the caller of
+ * make_device_exclusive(), such that this caller can filter out these
+ * events.
*/
enum mmu_notifier_event {
MMU_NOTIFY_UNMAP = 0,
--- a/mm/memory.c~mm-mmu_notifier-use-mmu_notify_clear-in-remove_device_exclusive_entry
+++ a/mm/memory.c
@@ -4046,7 +4046,7 @@ static vm_fault_t remove_device_exclusiv
folio_put(folio);
return ret;
}
- mmu_notifier_range_init_owner(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_EXCLUSIVE, 0,
+ mmu_notifier_range_init_owner(&range, MMU_NOTIFY_CLEAR, 0,
vma->vm_mm, vmf->address & PAGE_MASK,
(vmf->address & PAGE_MASK) + PAGE_SIZE, NULL);
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(&range);
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-gup-reject-foll_split_pmd-with-hugetlb-vmas.patch
mm-rmap-reject-hugetlb-folios-in-folio_make_device_exclusive.patch
mm-rmap-convert-make_device_exclusive_range-to-make_device_exclusive.patch
mm-rmap-convert-make_device_exclusive_range-to-make_device_exclusive-fix.patch
mm-rmap-implement-make_device_exclusive-using-folio_walk-instead-of-rmap-walk.patch
mm-memory-detect-writability-in-restore_exclusive_pte-through-can_change_pte_writable.patch
mm-use-single-swp_device_exclusive-entry-type.patch
mm-page_vma_mapped-device-exclusive-entries-are-not-migration-entries.patch
kernel-events-uprobes-handle-device-exclusive-entries-correctly-in-__replace_page.patch
mm-ksm-handle-device-exclusive-entries-correctly-in-write_protect_page.patch
mm-rmap-handle-device-exclusive-entries-correctly-in-try_to_unmap_one.patch
mm-rmap-handle-device-exclusive-entries-correctly-in-try_to_migrate_one.patch
mm-rmap-handle-device-exclusive-entries-correctly-in-page_vma_mkclean_one.patch
mm-page_idle-handle-device-exclusive-entries-correctly-in-page_idle_clear_pte_refs_one.patch
mm-damon-handle-device-exclusive-entries-correctly-in-damon_folio_young_one.patch
mm-damon-handle-device-exclusive-entries-correctly-in-damon_folio_mkold_one.patch
mm-rmap-keep-mapcount-untouched-for-device-exclusive-entries.patch
mm-rmap-avoid-ebusy-from-make_device_exclusive.patch
lib-test_hmm-make-dmirror_atomic_map-consume-a-single-page.patch
mm-memory-remove-pageanonexclusive-sanity-check-in-restore_exclusive_pte.patch
mm-memory-pass-folio-and-pte-to-restore_exclusive_pte.patch
mm-memory-document-restore_exclusive_pte.patch
mm-mmu_notifier-use-mmu_notify_clear-in-remove_device_exclusive_entry.patch
