Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 27 Oct 2020 09:11:51 +0000 | From | Russell King - ARM Linux admin <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2 3/4] arm: mm: introduce L_PTE_SPECIAL |
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On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 03:45:12PM +0800, Miles Chen wrote: > On Fri, 2020-10-23 at 11:08 +0100, Russell King - ARM Linux admin wrote: > > On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 05:14:36PM +0800, Miles Chen wrote: > > > From: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> > > > > > > This patch introduces L_PTE_SPECIAL and pte functions for supporting > > > get_user_pages_fast. > > > > > > Cc: Russell King <linux@armlinux.org.uk> > > > Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> > > > Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> > > > Cc: Steve Capper <steve.capper@linaro.org> > > > Cc: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> > > > Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com> > > > Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> > > > Signed-off-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@mediatek.com> > > > --- > > > arch/arm/Kconfig | 4 ++-- > > > arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h | 1 + > > > arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h | 6 ------ > > > arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h | 13 +++++++++++++ > > > 4 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig > > > index c18fa9d382b7..1f75864b7c7a 100644 > > > --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig > > > +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig > > > @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ config ARM > > > select ARCH_HAS_KCOV > > > select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE > > > select ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE > > > - select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL if ARM_LPAE > > > + select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL if (ARM_LPAE || CPU_V7 || CPU_V6 || CPUV6K) > > > select ARCH_HAS_PHYS_TO_DMA > > > select ARCH_HAS_SETUP_DMA_OPS > > > select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY > > > @@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ config ARM > > > select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS if HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE > > > select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7) && MMU > > > select HAVE_EXIT_THREAD > > > - select HAVE_FAST_GUP if ARM_LPAE > > > + select HAVE_FAST_GUP if (ARM_LPAE || CPU_V7 || CPU_V6 || CPUV6K) > > > select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD if !XIP_KERNEL > > > select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER if !THUMB2_KERNEL && !CC_IS_CLANG > > > select HAVE_FUNCTION_TRACER if !XIP_KERNEL > > > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h > > > index cdcd55cca37d..385e7a32394e 100644 > > > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h > > > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h > > > @@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ > > > #define L_PTE_VALID (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << 0) /* Valid */ > > > #define L_PTE_PRESENT (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << 0) > > > #define L_PTE_YOUNG (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << 1) > > > +#define L_PTE_SPECIAL (_AT(pteval_t, 1) << 5) > > > > How does this work? Bits 2 through 5 are already in use for the memory > > type. > > > > Repurposing this bit means that L_PTE_MT_DEV_NONSHARED, > > L_PTE_MT_DEV_WC, L_PTE_MT_DEV_CACHED and L_PTE_MT_VECTORS clash with > > it. > > Thanks for the comment. > The idea is to re-order the memory type table in [1] (patch v2/4) and > use bit 5 for L_PTE_SPECIAL.
Thanks, I know what you are trying to achieve. I don't think it's possible without breaking the kernel on some CPUs and configurations.
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