Re: [PATCHv4 08/12] sparc64: Update pmdp_invalidate() to return old pmd value

From
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Date
2017-12-14 00:06:59
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linux-mm, lkml, sparclinux
Reply to
Kirill A. Shutemov, 2017-12-13
On Wed, 13 Dec 2017 13:57:52 +0300 "Kirill A. Shutemov" [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
From: Nitin Gupta <redacted>

It's required to avoid losing dirty and accessed bits.

...
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ void update_mmu_cache_pmd(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 			  pmd_t *pmd);
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_INVALIDATE
-extern void pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
+extern pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 			    pmd_t *pmdp);
 
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PGTABLE_DEPOSIT
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c b/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
index 4ae86bc0d35c..5a3ba863b48a 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
@@ -219,17 +219,28 @@ void set_pmd_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
 	}
 }
 
+static inline pmd_t pmdp_establish(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp, pmd_t pmd)
+{
+	pmd_t old;
+
+	{
+		old = *pmdp;
+	} while (cmpxchg64(&pmdp->pmd, old.pmd, pmd.pmd) != old.pmd);
+
+	return old;
+}
um, I think I'll put a "do" in there...

And I'll wait until we see a "tested-by" or a nice ack, please.
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