[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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