[PATCH v13 4/8] powerpc: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP
Aneesh Kumar K.V
aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com
Mon Aug 4 20:50:07 EST 2014
Minchan Kim <minchan at kernel.org> writes:
> MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent
> overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for
> THP page.
>
> This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE
> support.
>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus at samba.org>
> Cc: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Cc: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan at kernel.org>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
> index eb9261024f51..c9a4bbe8e179 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
> @@ -468,9 +468,11 @@ static inline pte_t *pmdp_ptep(pmd_t *pmd)
>
> #define pmd_pfn(pmd) pte_pfn(pmd_pte(pmd))
> #define pmd_young(pmd) pte_young(pmd_pte(pmd))
> +#define pmd_dirty(pmd) pte_dirty(pmd_pte(pmd))
> #define pmd_mkold(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_mkold(pmd_pte(pmd)))
> #define pmd_wrprotect(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_wrprotect(pmd_pte(pmd)))
> #define pmd_mkdirty(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_mkdirty(pmd_pte(pmd)))
> +#define pmd_mkclean(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_mkclean(pmd_pte(pmd)))
> #define pmd_mkyoung(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_mkyoung(pmd_pte(pmd)))
> #define pmd_mkwrite(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_mkwrite(pmd_pte(pmd)))
>
> --
> 2.0.0
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