[PATCH v14 4/8] powerpc: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

Minchan Kim minchan at kernel.org
Thu Aug 14 11:53:28 EST 2014


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: linuxppc-dev at lists.ozlabs.org
Cc: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
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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