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| From | "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.kernel |
| Subject | Re: [RFC, PATCHv1 24/28] x86/mm: add sync_global_pgds() for configuration with 5-level paging |
| Date | 2016-12-08 20:40 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <sMcHT-1En-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <sM9K2-8la-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <sM9K3-8la-61@gated-at.bofh.it> <sMbVv-188-31@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Thu, Dec 08, 2016 at 10:42:19AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 8:21 AM, Kirill A. Shutemov
> <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > This basically restores slightly modified version of original
> > sync_global_pgds() which we had before foldedl p4d was introduced.
> >
> > The only modification is protection against 'address' overflow.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
> > ---
> > arch/x86/mm/init_64.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> > index a991f5c4c2c4..d637893ac8c2 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> > +++ b/arch/x86/mm/init_64.c
> > @@ -92,6 +92,52 @@ __setup("noexec32=", nonx32_setup);
> > * When memory was added/removed make sure all the processes MM have
> > * suitable PGD entries in the local PGD level page.
> > */
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL
> > +void sync_global_pgds(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int removed)
> > +{
> > + unsigned long address;
> > +
> > + for (address = start; address <= end && address >= start;
> > + address += PGDIR_SIZE) {
> > + const pgd_t *pgd_ref = pgd_offset_k(address);
> > + struct page *page;
> > +
> > + /*
> > + * When it is called after memory hot remove, pgd_none()
> > + * returns true. In this case (removed == 1), we must clear
> > + * the PGD entries in the local PGD level page.
> > + */
> > + if (pgd_none(*pgd_ref) && !removed)
> > + continue;
>
> This isn't quite specific to your patch, but can we assert that, if
> removed=1, then we're not operating on the vmalloc range? Because if
> we do, this will be racy is nasty ways.
Looks like there's no users of removed=1. The last user is gone with
af2cf278ef4f ("x86/mm/hotplug: Don't remove PGD entries in
remove_pagetable()")
I'll just drop it (with separate patch).
--
Kirill A. Shutemov
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[RFC, PATCHv1 00/28] 5-level paging "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2016-12-08 17:30 +0100
[RFC, PATCHv1 24/28] x86/mm: add sync_global_pgds() for configuration with 5-level paging "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2016-12-08 17:30 +0100
Re: [RFC, PATCHv1 24/28] x86/mm: add sync_global_pgds() for configuration with 5-level paging Andy Lutomirski <luto@amacapital.net> - 2016-12-08 19:50 +0100
Re: [RFC, PATCHv1 24/28] x86/mm: add sync_global_pgds() for configuration with 5-level paging "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2016-12-08 20:40 +0100
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[RFC, PATCHv1 04/28] asm-generic: introduce <asm-generic/pgtable-nop4d.h> "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> - 2016-12-08 17:30 +0100
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Re: [RFC, PATCHv1 17/28] x86/mm: define virtual memory map for 5-level paging Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org> - 2016-12-08 20:00 +0100
Re: [RFC, PATCHv1 17/28] x86/mm: define virtual memory map for 5-level paging "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2016-12-08 20:30 +0100
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Re: [RFC, PATCHv1 00/28] 5-level paging Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> - 2016-12-08 19:20 +0100
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Re: [RFC, PATCHv1 00/28] 5-level paging "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@shutemov.name> - 2016-12-08 20:30 +0100
Re: [RFC, PATCHv1 00/28] 5-level paging Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> - 2016-12-09 06:10 +0100
Re: [RFC, PATCHv1 00/28] 5-level paging Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> - 2016-12-09 11:30 +0100
Re: [RFC, PATCHv1 00/28] 5-level paging Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> - 2016-12-09 12:00 +0100
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