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[-V7,04/10] powerpc: Update find_linux_pte_or_hugepte to handle transparent hugepages

Message ID 1367178711-8232-5-git-send-email-aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Aneesh Kumar K.V April 28, 2013, 7:51 p.m. UTC 
From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
---
 arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

David Gibson May 3, 2013, 4:53 a.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 01:21:45AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

What's the difference in meaning between pmd_huge() and pmd_large()?


> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> index 8601f2d..081c001 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
> @@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ pte_t *find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea, unsigned *shift
>  			pdshift = PMD_SHIFT;
>  			pm = pmd_offset(pu, ea);
>  
> -			if (pmd_huge(*pm)) {
> +			if (pmd_huge(*pm) || pmd_large(*pm)) {
>  				ret_pte = (pte_t *) pm;
>  				goto out;
>  			} else if (is_hugepd(pm))
Aneesh Kumar K.V May 3, 2013, 6:58 p.m. UTC | #2 
David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com> writes:

> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 01:21:45AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
>> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
>
> What's the difference in meaning between pmd_huge() and pmd_large()?
>

#ifndef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
#define pmd_huge(x)	0
#endif

Also pmd_large do check for THP PTE flag, and _PAGE_PRESENT.

-aneesh
David Gibson May 4, 2013, 6:28 a.m. UTC | #3 
On Sat, May 04, 2013 at 12:28:20AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> David Gibson <dwg@au1.ibm.com> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 01:21:45AM +0530, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> >> From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> >
> > What's the difference in meaning between pmd_huge() and pmd_large()?
> >
> 
> #ifndef CONFIG_HUGETLB_PAGE
> #define pmd_huge(x)	0
> #endif
> 
> Also pmd_large do check for THP PTE flag, and _PAGE_PRESENT.

I don't mean what's the code difference.  I mean what is the semantic
difference between pmd_huge() and pmd_large() supposed to be - in
words.
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diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
index 8601f2d..081c001 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hugetlbpage.c
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@  pte_t *find_linux_pte_or_hugepte(pgd_t *pgdir, unsigned long ea, unsigned *shift
 			pdshift = PMD_SHIFT;
 			pm = pmd_offset(pu, ea);
 
-			if (pmd_huge(*pm)) {
+			if (pmd_huge(*pm) || pmd_large(*pm)) {
 				ret_pte = (pte_t *) pm;
 				goto out;
 			} else if (is_hugepd(pm))