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[PATCH v17 4/7] powerpc: add pmd_[dirty|mkclean] for THP

From: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
Date: 2014-10-20 10:12:35
Also in: linux-mm, linuxppc-dev, lkml
Subsystem: linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), the rest · Maintainers: Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman, Linus Torvalds

MADV_FREE needs pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for detecting recent
overwrite of the contents since MADV_FREE syscall is called for
THP page.

This patch adds pmd_dirty and pmd_mkclean for THP page MADV_FREE
support.

Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <redacted>
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Reviewed-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
index 889c6fa9ee01..7c07e5975871 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgtable-ppc64.h
@@ -468,9 +468,11 @@ static inline pte_t *pmdp_ptep(pmd_t *pmd)
 
 #define pmd_pfn(pmd)		pte_pfn(pmd_pte(pmd))
 #define pmd_young(pmd)		pte_young(pmd_pte(pmd))
+#define pmd_dirty(pmd)		pte_dirty(pmd_pte(pmd))
 #define pmd_mkold(pmd)		pte_pmd(pte_mkold(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_wrprotect(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_wrprotect(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkdirty(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkdirty(pmd_pte(pmd)))
+#define pmd_mkclean(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkclean(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkyoung(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkyoung(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 #define pmd_mkwrite(pmd)	pte_pmd(pte_mkwrite(pmd_pte(pmd)))
 
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