Nick Piggin
7e675137a8
mm: introduce pte_special pte bit
...
s390 for one, cannot implement VM_MIXEDMAP with pfn_valid, due to their memory
model (which is more dynamic than most). Instead, they had proposed to
implement it with an additional path through vm_normal_page(), using a bit in
the pte to determine whether or not the page should be refcounted:
vm_normal_page()
{
...
if (unlikely(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP))) {
if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MIXEDMAP) {
#ifdef s390
if (!mixedmap_refcount_pte(pte))
return NULL;
#else
if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
return NULL;
#endif
goto out;
}
...
}
This is fine, however if we are allowed to use a bit in the pte to determine
refcountedness, we can use that to _completely_ replace all the vma based
schemes. So instead of adding more cases to the already complex vma-based
scheme, we can have a clearly seperate and simple pte-based scheme (and get
slightly better code generation in the process):
vm_normal_page()
{
#ifdef s390
if (!mixedmap_refcount_pte(pte))
return NULL;
return pte_page(pte);
#else
...
#endif
}
And finally, we may rather make this concept usable by any architecture rather
than making it s390 only, so implement a new type of pte state for this.
Unfortunately the old vma based code must stay, because some architectures may
not be able to spare pte bits. This makes vm_normal_page a little bit more
ugly than we would like, but the 2 cases are clearly seperate.
So introduce a pte_special pte state, and use it in mm/memory.c. It is
currently a noop for all architectures, so this doesn't actually result in any
compiled code changes to mm/memory.o.
BTW:
I haven't put vm_normal_page() into arch code as-per an earlier suggestion.
The reason is that, regardless of where vm_normal_page is actually
implemented, the *abstraction* is still exactly the same. Also, while it
depends on whether the architecture has pte_special or not, that is the
only two possible cases, and it really isn't an arch specific function --
the role of the arch code should be to provide primitive functions and
accessors with which to build the core code; pte_special does that. We do
not want architectures to know or care about vm_normal_page itself, and
we definitely don't want them being able to invent something new there
out of sight of mm/ code. If we made vm_normal_page an arch function, then
we have to make vm_insert_mixed (next patch) an arch function too. So I
don't think moving it to arch code fundamentally improves any abstractions,
while it does practically make the code more difficult to follow, for both
mm and arch developers, and easier to misuse.
[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Acked-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Jared Hulbert <jaredeh@gmail.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
..
a.out.h
aout: move STACK_TOP[_MAX] to asm/processor.h
2008-02-08 09:22:29 -08:00
agp.h
x86: remove flush_agp_mappings()
2008-01-30 13:34:07 +01:00
asmregs.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
assembly.h
[PARISC] convert to use CONFIG_64BIT instead of __LP64__
2007-02-17 01:17:13 -05:00
atomic.h
Add cmpxchg_local to parisc
2008-02-07 08:42:32 -08:00
auxvec.h
[PATCH] auxiliary vector cleanups
2005-09-07 16:57:21 -07:00
bitops.h
generic: implement __fls on all 64-bit archs
2008-04-26 19:21:16 +02:00
bug.h
Fix WARN_ON() on bitfield ops for all other archs
2007-08-01 20:45:38 -07:00
bugs.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
byteorder.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
cache.h
[PARISC] Clean up the cache and tlb headers
2007-02-17 00:41:30 -05:00
cacheflush.h
[PARISC] Add prototypes for flush_user_dcache_range and flush_user_icache_range
2007-02-17 00:43:51 -05:00
checksum.h
[NET]: PARISC checksum annotations and cleanups.
2006-12-02 21:23:10 -08:00
compat.h
asm-*/compat.h: fix typo in comment
2008-02-03 16:32:51 +02:00
compat_rt_sigframe.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
compat_signal.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
compat_ucontext.h
[PARISC] Arch-specific compat signals
2006-01-22 20:57:42 -05:00
cputime.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
current.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
delay.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
device.h
Driver core: add dev_archdata to struct device
2006-12-01 14:52:01 -08:00
div64.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
dma-mapping.h
[PARISC] Fix ccio_request_resource when CONFIG_IOMMU_CCIO is not defined
2006-12-08 00:33:59 -05:00
dma.h
Fix misc .c/.h comment typos
2006-11-30 05:24:39 +01:00
eisa_bus.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
eisa_eeprom.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
elf.h
[PARISC] clean up include/asm-parisc/elf.h
2008-03-15 19:12:10 -07:00
emergency-restart.h
[PATCH] Add emergency_restart()
2005-07-26 14:35:41 -07:00
errno.h
[PARISC] Add ECANCELED to errno.h
2005-10-21 22:53:43 -04:00
fb.h
fbdev: detect primary display device
2007-07-17 10:23:11 -07:00
fcntl.h
Introduce O_CLOEXEC
2007-07-16 09:05:45 -07:00
fixmap.h
[PARISC] move VMALLOC_* definitions to fixmap.h
2008-03-15 19:11:49 -07:00
floppy.h
cleanup floppy.h
2007-10-17 08:42:55 -07:00
futex.h
[PARISC] futex: special case cmpxchg NULL in kernel space
2008-03-15 19:12:17 -07:00
grfioctl.h
[PARISC] Use kzalloc and other janitor-style cleanups
2006-01-22 20:26:31 -05:00
hardirq.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
hardware.h
[PARISC] fix section mismatches in arch/parisc/kernel
2007-05-27 13:36:27 -04:00
hw_irq.h
[PATCH] genirq: add ->retrigger() irq op to consolidate hw_irq_resend()
2006-06-29 10:26:23 -07:00
ide.h
ide: remove ide_default_io_ctl() macro
2008-04-18 00:46:34 +02:00
io.h
[PARISC] parisc: "extern inline" -> "static inline"
2007-10-18 00:58:41 -07:00
ioctl.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ioctls.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ipcbuf.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
irq.h
[PARISC] Allow nested interrupts
2006-10-04 06:48:57 -06:00
irq_regs.h
Build fixes for struct pt_regs removal
2006-10-06 20:47:23 -06:00
Kbuild
[PARISC] Export pdc.h for palo
2007-10-18 00:58:29 -07:00
kdebug.h
move die notifier handling to common code
2007-05-08 11:15:04 -07:00
kmap_types.h
Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/
2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
kvm.h
kvm: provide kvm.h for all architecture: fixes headers_install
2008-04-02 15:28:18 -07:00
led.h
[PARISC] Convert soft power switch driver to kthread
2007-02-17 01:03:43 -05:00
linkage.h
include/asm-parisc/: Spelling fixes
2008-02-03 17:00:11 +02:00
local.h
local_t: parisc cleanup
2007-05-08 11:15:20 -07:00
machdep.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mc146818rtc.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mckinley.h
[PARISC] Add asm-parisc/mckinley.h bus header
2006-10-04 06:45:48 -06:00
mman.h
[PATCH] Remove final references to deprecated "MAP_ANON" page protection flag
2007-02-11 10:51:17 -08:00
mmu.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
mmu_context.h
Detach sched.h from mm.h
2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
mmzone.h
[PARISC] convert to use CONFIG_64BIT instead of __LP64__
2007-02-17 01:17:13 -05:00
module.h
[PARISC] convert to use CONFIG_64BIT instead of __LP64__
2007-02-17 01:17:13 -05:00
msgbuf.h
[PARISC] convert to use CONFIG_64BIT instead of __LP64__
2007-02-17 01:17:13 -05:00
mutex.h
[PATCH] mutex subsystem, add default include/asm-*/mutex.h files
2006-01-09 15:59:19 -08:00
namei.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
page.h
CONFIG_HIGHPTE vs. sub-page page tables.
2008-02-08 09:22:42 -08:00
param.h
[PARISC] Use CONFIG_HZ to determine interval timer rate (aka clock ticks)
2006-10-04 06:47:46 -06:00
parisc-device.h
[PARISC] convert to use CONFIG_64BIT instead of __LP64__
2007-02-17 01:17:13 -05:00
parport.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pci.h
[PARISC] parisc: "extern inline" -> "static inline"
2007-10-18 00:58:41 -07:00
pdc.h
[PARISC] pdc_console: fix bizarre panic on boot
2008-03-15 19:12:03 -07:00
pdc_chassis.h
[PARISC] Clarify pdc_stable license terms
2006-03-30 17:48:41 +00:00
pdcpat.h
[PARISC] Remove duplicate PDC_PAT_CELL defines
2006-12-08 00:34:47 -05:00
percpu.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
perf.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
pgalloc.h
[PARISC] unbreak pgalloc.h
2008-03-15 19:11:52 -07:00
pgtable.h
mm: introduce pte_special pte bit
2008-04-28 08:58:23 -07:00
poll.h
Consolidate asm/poll.h
2007-05-11 08:29:34 -07:00
posix_types.h
asm-*/posix_types.h: scrub __GLIBC__
2008-02-08 09:22:34 -08:00
prefetch.h
[PARISC] parisc: "extern inline" -> "static inline"
2007-10-18 00:58:41 -07:00
processor.h
aout: move STACK_TOP[_MAX] to asm/processor.h
2008-02-08 09:22:29 -08:00
psw.h
Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/
2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
ptrace.h
[PARISC] Take into account nullified insn and lock functions for profiling
2005-10-21 22:42:18 -04:00
real.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
resource.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
ropes.h
Fix misc .c/.h comment typos
2006-11-30 05:24:39 +01:00
rt_sigframe.h
[PARISC] Arch-specific compat signals
2006-01-22 20:57:42 -05:00
rtc.h
[PARISC] fix uninitialized variable warning in asm/rtc.h
2007-10-20 13:23:00 -07:00
runway.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
scatterlist.h
parisc: fix sg_page() fallout
2007-10-23 09:49:31 +02:00
sections.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
segment.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
semaphore.h
Generic semaphore implementation
2008-04-17 10:42:34 -04:00
sembuf.h
[PARISC] convert to use CONFIG_64BIT instead of __LP64__
2007-02-17 01:17:13 -05:00
serial.h
[PARISC] Clean up asm-parisc/serial.h
2006-10-04 06:47:03 -06:00
setup.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
shmbuf.h
[PARISC] convert to use CONFIG_64BIT instead of __LP64__
2007-02-17 01:17:13 -05:00
shmparam.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
sigcontext.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
siginfo.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
signal.h
[PARISC] convert to use CONFIG_64BIT instead of __LP64__
2007-02-17 01:17:13 -05:00
smp.h
[PARISC] kill ENTRY_SYS_CPUS
2007-02-17 01:11:41 -05:00
socket.h
[NET]: Introducing socket mark socket option.
2008-01-31 19:27:19 -08:00
sockios.h
[NET]: Introduce SIOCGSTAMPNS ioctl to get timestamps with nanosec resolution
2007-04-25 22:24:04 -07:00
spinlock.h
[PARISC] Enable interrupts while spinning
2006-10-04 06:48:17 -06:00
spinlock_types.h
[PARISC] "Fix" circular includes
2007-02-17 00:43:10 -05:00
stat.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
statfs.h
[PATCH] use __u64 rather than u64 in parisc statfs structs
2007-02-08 18:56:57 -05:00
string.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
superio.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
system.h
[PATCH] sched: sched_cacheflush is now unused
2007-07-19 21:28:35 +02:00
termbits.h
lots-of-architectures: enable arbitary speed tty support
2007-07-10 17:51:13 -07:00
termios.h
[PATCH] consolidate line discipline number definitions
2007-02-11 10:51:26 -08:00
thread_info.h
remove unused TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME flag
2007-07-31 15:39:38 -07:00
timex.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
tlb.h
add mm argument to pte/pmd/pud/pgd_free
2008-02-05 09:44:18 -08:00
tlbflush.h
remove unused flush_tlb_pgtables
2007-10-19 11:53:34 -07:00
topology.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
traps.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
types.h
remove strict ansi check from __u64 in asm/types.h
2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
uaccess.h
[PARISC] add ASM_EXCEPTIONTABLE_ENTRY() macro
2007-02-17 01:16:26 -05:00
ucontext.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
unaligned.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
unistd.h
[PARISC] bump __NR_syscalls
2008-03-15 19:11:54 -07:00
unwind.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
user.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00
vga.h
vga.h: Fix prepocessor warning
2008-02-03 15:59:02 +02:00
xor.h
Linux-2.6.12-rc2
2005-04-16 15:20:36 -07:00