The quilt patch titled
Subject: mm/memory: document restore_exclusive_pte()
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
mm-memory-document-restore_exclusive_pte.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into the mm-stable branch
of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm
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From: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: mm/memory: document restore_exclusive_pte()
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 14:22:56 +0100
Let's document how this function is to be used, and why the folio lock is
involved.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250226132257.2826043-5-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>
---
mm/memory.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
--- a/mm/memory.c~mm-memory-document-restore_exclusive_pte
+++ a/mm/memory.c
@@ -716,6 +716,32 @@ struct folio *vm_normal_folio_pmd(struct
}
#endif
+/**
+ * restore_exclusive_pte - Restore a device-exclusive entry
+ * @vma: VMA covering @address
+ * @folio: the mapped folio
+ * @page: the mapped folio page
+ * @address: the virtual address
+ * @ptep: pte pointer into the locked page table mapping the folio page
+ * @orig_pte: pte value at @ptep
+ *
+ * Restore a device-exclusive non-swap entry to an ordinary present pte.
+ *
+ * The folio and the page table must be locked, and MMU notifiers must have
+ * been called to invalidate any (exclusive) device mappings.
+ *
+ * Locking the folio makes sure that anybody who just converted the pte to
+ * a device-exclusive entry can map it into the device to make forward
+ * progress without others converting it back until the folio was unlocked.
+ *
+ * If the folio lock ever becomes an issue, we can stop relying on the folio
+ * lock; it might make some scenarios with heavy thrashing less likely to
+ * make forward progress, but these scenarios might not be valid use cases.
+ *
+ * Note that the folio lock does not protect against all cases of concurrent
+ * page table modifications (e.g., MADV_DONTNEED, mprotect), so device drivers
+ * must use MMU notifiers to sync against any concurrent changes.
+ */
static void restore_exclusive_pte(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
struct folio *folio, struct page *page, unsigned long address,
pte_t *ptep, pte_t orig_pte)
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from david@xxxxxxxxxx are
mm-factor-out-large-folio-handling-from-folio_order-into-folio_large_order.patch
mm-factor-out-large-folio-handling-from-folio_nr_pages-into-folio_large_nr_pages.patch
mm-let-_folio_nr_pages-overlay-memcg_data-in-first-tail-page.patch
mm-let-_folio_nr_pages-overlay-memcg_data-in-first-tail-page-fix.patch
mm-move-hugetlb-specific-things-in-folio-to-page.patch
mm-move-_pincount-in-folio-to-page-on-32bit.patch
mm-move-_entire_mapcount-in-folio-to-page-on-32bit.patch
mm-rmap-pass-dst_vma-to-folio_dup_file_rmap_pte-and-friends.patch
mm-rmap-pass-vma-to-__folio_add_rmap.patch
mm-rmap-abstract-large-mapcount-operations-for-large-folios-hugetlb.patch
bit_spinlock-__always_inline-unlock-functions.patch
mm-rmap-use-folio_large_nr_pages-in-add-remove-functions.patch
mm-rmap-basic-mm-owner-tracking-for-large-folios-hugetlb.patch
mm-copy-on-write-cow-reuse-support-for-pte-mapped-thp.patch
mm-convert-folio_likely_mapped_shared-to-folio_maybe_mapped_shared.patch
mm-config_no_page_mapcount-to-prepare-for-not-maintain-per-page-mapcounts-in-large-folios.patch
fs-proc-page-remove-per-page-mapcount-dependency-for-proc-kpagecount-config_no_page_mapcount.patch
fs-proc-task_mmu-remove-per-page-mapcount-dependency-for-pm_mmap_exclusive-config_no_page_mapcount.patch
fs-proc-task_mmu-remove-per-page-mapcount-dependency-for-mapmax-config_no_page_mapcount.patch
fs-proc-task_mmu-remove-per-page-mapcount-dependency-for-smaps-smaps_rollup-config_no_page_mapcount.patch
mm-stop-maintaining-the-per-page-mapcount-of-large-folios-config_no_page_mapcount.patch
