[PATCH mm-unstable RFC 17/26] powerpc/mm: support __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SWP_EXCLUSIVE on 32bit book3s
David Hildenbrand
david at redhat.com
Thu Dec 8 19:55:49 AEDT 2022
On 08.12.22 09:52, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 07.12.22 14:55, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>
>>
>> Le 06/12/2022 à 15:47, David Hildenbrand a écrit :
>>> We already implemented support for 64bit book3s in commit bff9beaa2e80
>>> ("powerpc/pgtable: support __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SWP_EXCLUSIVE for book3s")
>>>
>>> Let's support __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SWP_EXCLUSIVE also in 32bit by reusing yet
>>> unused LSB 2 / MSB 29. There seems to be no real reason why that bit cannot
>>> be used, and reusing it avoids having to steal one bit from the swap
>>> offset.
>>>
>>> While at it, mask the type in __swp_entry().
>>>
>>> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
>>> Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
>>> Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy at csgroup.eu>
>>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com>
>>> ---
>>> arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgtable.h | 38 +++++++++++++++++---
>>> 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgtable.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgtable.h
>>> index 75823f39e042..8107835b38c1 100644
>>> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgtable.h
>>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/32/pgtable.h
>>> @@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
>>> #define _PMD_PRESENT_MASK (PAGE_MASK)
>>> #define _PMD_BAD (~PAGE_MASK)
>>>
>>> +/* We borrow the _PAGE_USER bit to store the exclusive marker in swap PTEs. */
>>> +#define _PAGE_SWP_EXCLUSIVE _PAGE_USER
>>> +
>>> /* And here we include common definitions */
>>>
>>> #define _PAGE_KERNEL_RO 0
>>> @@ -363,17 +366,42 @@ static inline void __ptep_set_access_flags(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>> #define pmd_page(pmd) pfn_to_page(pmd_pfn(pmd))
>>>
>>> /*
>>> - * Encode and decode a swap entry.
>>> - * Note that the bits we use in a PTE for representing a swap entry
>>> - * must not include the _PAGE_PRESENT bit or the _PAGE_HASHPTE bit (if used).
>>> - * -- paulus
>>> + * Encode/decode swap entries and swap PTEs. Swap PTEs are all PTEs that
>>> + * are !pte_none() && !pte_present().
>>> + *
>>> + * Format of swap PTEs (32bit PTEs):
>>> + *
>>> + * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
>>> + * 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
>>> + * E H P <- type --> <----------------- offset ------------------>
>>
>> That's in reversed order. _PAGE_HASHPTE is bit 30 and should be on the
>> right hand side. Etc ...
>
> Ugh, messed it up while converting back and forth between LSB 0 and MSB 0.
>
> /*
> * Format of swap PTEs (32bit PTEs):
> *
> * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
> * 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
> * <----------------- offset ------------------> <- type --> E H P
>
>
Still wrong, the type is only 5 bits:
+ * Format of swap PTEs (32bit PTEs):
+ *
+ * 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3
+ * 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1
+ * <----------------- offset --------------------> < type -> E H P
+ *
--
Thanks,
David / dhildenb
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