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arm64/mm: Change THP helpers to comply with generic MM semantics
pmd_present() and pmd_trans_huge() are expected to behave in the following manner during various phases of a given PMD. It is derived from a previous detailed discussion on this topic [1] and present THP documentation [2]. pmd_present(pmd): - Returns true if pmd refers to system RAM with a valid pmd_page(pmd) - Returns false if pmd refers to a migration or swap entry pmd_trans_huge(pmd): - Returns true if pmd refers to system RAM and is a trans huge mapping ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | PMD states | pmd_present | pmd_trans_huge | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Mapped | Yes | Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Splitting | Yes | Yes | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Migration/Swap | No | No | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The problem: PMD is first invalidated with pmdp_invalidate() before it's splitting. This invalidation clears PMD_SECT_VALID as below. PMD Split -> pmdp_invalidate() -> pmd_mkinvalid -> Clears PMD_SECT_VALID Once PMD_SECT_VALID gets cleared, it results in pmd_present() return false on the PMD entry. It will need another bit apart from PMD_SECT_VALID to re- affirm pmd_present() as true during the THP split process. To comply with above mentioned semantics, pmd_trans_huge() should also check pmd_present() first before testing presence of an actual transparent huge mapping. The solution: Ideally PMD_TYPE_SECT should have been used here instead. But it shares the bit position with PMD_SECT_VALID which is used for THP invalidation. Hence it will not be there for pmd_present() check after pmdp_invalidate(). A new software defined PMD_PRESENT_INVALID (bit 59) can be set on the PMD entry during invalidation which can help pmd_present() return true and in recognizing the fact that it still points to memory. This bit is transient. During the split process it will be overridden by a page table page representing normal pages in place of erstwhile huge page. Other pmdp_invalidate() callers always write a fresh PMD value on the entry overriding this transient PMD_PRESENT_INVALID bit, which makes it safe. [1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/17/231 [2]: https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/vm/transhuge.txt Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com> Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@kernel.org> Cc: Suzuki Poulose <suzuki.poulose@arm.com> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1599627183-14453-2-git-send-email-anshuman.khandual@arm.com Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
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arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-prot.h

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#define PTE_DEVMAP (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << 57)
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#define PTE_PROT_NONE (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << 58) /* only when !PTE_VALID */
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/*
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* This bit indicates that the entry is present i.e. pmd_page()
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* still points to a valid huge page in memory even if the pmd
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* has been invalidated.
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*/
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#define PMD_PRESENT_INVALID (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << 59) /* only when !PMD_SECT_VALID */
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#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
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#include <asm/cpufeature.h>

arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h

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return pte;
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}
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static inline pmd_t clear_pmd_bit(pmd_t pmd, pgprot_t prot)
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{
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pmd_val(pmd) &= ~pgprot_val(prot);
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return pmd;
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}
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static inline pmd_t set_pmd_bit(pmd_t pmd, pgprot_t prot)
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{
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pmd_val(pmd) |= pgprot_val(prot);
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return pmd;
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}
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static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)
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{
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pte = clear_pte_bit(pte, __pgprot(PTE_WRITE));
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}
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#endif
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#define pmd_present_invalid(pmd) (!!(pmd_val(pmd) & PMD_PRESENT_INVALID))
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static inline int pmd_present(pmd_t pmd)
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{
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return pte_present(pmd_pte(pmd)) || pmd_present_invalid(pmd);
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}
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/*
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* THP definitions.
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*/
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#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
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#define pmd_trans_huge(pmd) (pmd_val(pmd) && !(pmd_val(pmd) & PMD_TABLE_BIT))
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static inline int pmd_trans_huge(pmd_t pmd)
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{
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return pmd_val(pmd) && pmd_present(pmd) && !(pmd_val(pmd) & PMD_TABLE_BIT);
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}
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#endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
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#define pmd_present(pmd) pte_present(pmd_pte(pmd))
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#define pmd_dirty(pmd) pte_dirty(pmd_pte(pmd))
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#define pmd_young(pmd) pte_young(pmd_pte(pmd))
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#define pmd_valid(pmd) pte_valid(pmd_pte(pmd))
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#define pmd_mkclean(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_mkclean(pmd_pte(pmd)))
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#define pmd_mkdirty(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_mkdirty(pmd_pte(pmd)))
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#define pmd_mkyoung(pmd) pte_pmd(pte_mkyoung(pmd_pte(pmd)))
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#define pmd_mkinvalid(pmd) (__pmd(pmd_val(pmd) & ~PMD_SECT_VALID))
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static inline pmd_t pmd_mkinvalid(pmd_t pmd)
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{
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pmd = set_pmd_bit(pmd, __pgprot(PMD_PRESENT_INVALID));
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pmd = clear_pmd_bit(pmd, __pgprot(PMD_SECT_VALID));
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return pmd;
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}
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#define pmd_thp_or_huge(pmd) (pmd_huge(pmd) || pmd_trans_huge(pmd))
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