[PATCH 3/4] mmu_notifier: remove the .change_pte() callback

Paolo Bonzini pbonzini at redhat.com
Fri Apr 5 22:58:14 AEDT 2024


The scope of set_pte_at_notify() has reduced more and more through the
years.  Initially, it was meant for when the change to the PTE was
not bracketed by mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_{start,end}().  However,
that has not been so for over ten years.  During all this period
the only implementation of .change_pte() was KVM and it
had no actual functionality, because it was called after
mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start() zapped the secondary PTE.

Now that this (nonfunctional) user of the .change_pte() callback is
gone, the whole callback can be removed.  For now, leave in place
set_pte_at_notify() even though it is just a synonym for set_pte_at().

Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini at redhat.com>
---
 include/linux/mmu_notifier.h | 46 ++----------------------------------
 mm/mmu_notifier.c            | 17 -------------
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 61 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
index f349e08a9dfe..8c72bf651606 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h
@@ -122,15 +122,6 @@ struct mmu_notifier_ops {
 			  struct mm_struct *mm,
 			  unsigned long address);
 
-	/*
-	 * change_pte is called in cases that pte mapping to page is changed:
-	 * for example, when ksm remaps pte to point to a new shared page.
-	 */
-	void (*change_pte)(struct mmu_notifier *subscription,
-			   struct mm_struct *mm,
-			   unsigned long address,
-			   pte_t pte);
-
 	/*
 	 * invalidate_range_start() and invalidate_range_end() must be
 	 * paired and are called only when the mmap_lock and/or the
@@ -392,8 +383,6 @@ extern int __mmu_notifier_clear_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				      unsigned long end);
 extern int __mmu_notifier_test_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
 				     unsigned long address);
-extern void __mmu_notifier_change_pte(struct mm_struct *mm,
-				      unsigned long address, pte_t pte);
 extern int __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mmu_notifier_range *r);
 extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(struct mmu_notifier_range *r);
 extern void __mmu_notifier_arch_invalidate_secondary_tlbs(struct mm_struct *mm,
@@ -439,13 +428,6 @@ static inline int mmu_notifier_test_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void mmu_notifier_change_pte(struct mm_struct *mm,
-					   unsigned long address, pte_t pte)
-{
-	if (mm_has_notifiers(mm))
-		__mmu_notifier_change_pte(mm, address, pte);
-}
-
 static inline void
 mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mmu_notifier_range *range)
 {
@@ -581,26 +563,6 @@ static inline void mmu_notifier_range_init_owner(
 	__young;							\
 })
 
-/*
- * set_pte_at_notify() sets the pte _after_ running the notifier.
- * This is safe to start by updating the secondary MMUs, because the primary MMU
- * pte invalidate must have already happened with a ptep_clear_flush() before
- * set_pte_at_notify() has been invoked.  Updating the secondary MMUs first is
- * required when we change both the protection of the mapping from read-only to
- * read-write and the pfn (like during copy on write page faults). Otherwise the
- * old page would remain mapped readonly in the secondary MMUs after the new
- * page is already writable by some CPU through the primary MMU.
- */
-#define set_pte_at_notify(__mm, __address, __ptep, __pte)		\
-({									\
-	struct mm_struct *___mm = __mm;					\
-	unsigned long ___address = __address;				\
-	pte_t ___pte = __pte;						\
-									\
-	mmu_notifier_change_pte(___mm, ___address, ___pte);		\
-	set_pte_at(___mm, ___address, __ptep, ___pte);			\
-})
-
 #else /* CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER */
 
 struct mmu_notifier_range {
@@ -650,11 +612,6 @@ static inline int mmu_notifier_test_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void mmu_notifier_change_pte(struct mm_struct *mm,
-					   unsigned long address, pte_t pte)
-{
-}
-
 static inline void
 mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mmu_notifier_range *range)
 {
@@ -693,7 +650,6 @@ static inline void mmu_notifier_subscriptions_destroy(struct mm_struct *mm)
 #define	ptep_clear_flush_notify ptep_clear_flush
 #define pmdp_huge_clear_flush_notify pmdp_huge_clear_flush
 #define pudp_huge_clear_flush_notify pudp_huge_clear_flush
-#define set_pte_at_notify set_pte_at
 
 static inline void mmu_notifier_synchronize(void)
 {
@@ -701,4 +657,6 @@ static inline void mmu_notifier_synchronize(void)
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER */
 
+#define set_pte_at_notify set_pte_at
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_MMU_NOTIFIER_H */
diff --git a/mm/mmu_notifier.c b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
index ec3b068cbbe6..8982e6139d07 100644
--- a/mm/mmu_notifier.c
+++ b/mm/mmu_notifier.c
@@ -424,23 +424,6 @@ int __mmu_notifier_test_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
 	return young;
 }
 
-void __mmu_notifier_change_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address,
-			       pte_t pte)
-{
-	struct mmu_notifier *subscription;
-	int id;
-
-	id = srcu_read_lock(&srcu);
-	hlist_for_each_entry_rcu(subscription,
-				 &mm->notifier_subscriptions->list, hlist,
-				 srcu_read_lock_held(&srcu)) {
-		if (subscription->ops->change_pte)
-			subscription->ops->change_pte(subscription, mm, address,
-						      pte);
-	}
-	srcu_read_unlock(&srcu, id);
-}
-
 static int mn_itree_invalidate(struct mmu_notifier_subscriptions *subscriptions,
 			       const struct mmu_notifier_range *range)
 {
-- 
2.43.0




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