[PATCH 2/3] powerpc/mm: Rename find_linux_pte_or_hugepte

[Aneesh Kumar K.V]

Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org> writes:

> On Wed, 2017-05-17 at 08:57 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh at kernel.crashing.org> writes:
>> 
>> > On Tue, 2017-05-16 at 14:56 +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> > > +static inline pte_t *find_linux_pte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea,
>> > > +                                   bool *is_thp, unsigned *hshift)
>> > > +{
>> > > +       VM_WARN((!arch_irqs_disabled() && !__hard_irqs_disabled()) ,
>> > > +               "%s called with irq enabled\n", __func__);
>> > > +       return __find_linux_pte(pgdir, ea, is_thp, hshift);
>> > > +}
>> > > +
>> > 
>> > When is arch_irqs_disabled() not sufficient ?
>> 
>> We can do lockless page table walk in interrupt handlers where we find
>> MSR_EE = 0. 
>
> Such as ?
>

kvmppc_do_h_enter() when get called in real mode.

For now i have dropped hard_irq_disabled() and switched these usage to
__find_linux_pte with explict comment around them stating they are
called with MSR_EE = 0.

-aneesh