Re: [PATCH 1/7] Introduce the pagetable_operations and associated helper macros.
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Date: 2007-02-19 22:29:15
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On Mon, Feb 19, 2007 at 10:31:34AM -0800, Adam Litke wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
Signed-off-by: Adam Litke <redacted> --- include/linux/mm.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 2d2c08d..a2fa66d 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ struct vm_area_struct { /* Function pointers to deal with this struct. */ struct vm_operations_struct * vm_ops; + struct pagetable_operations_struct * pagetable_ops; /* Information about our backing store: */ unsigned long vm_pgoff; /* Offset (within vm_file) in PAGE_SIZE@@ -218,6 +219,30 @@ struct vm_operations_struct { }; struct mmu_gather; + +struct pagetable_operations_struct { + int (*fault)(struct mm_struct *mm, + struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long address, int write_access); + int (*copy_vma)(struct mm_struct *dst, struct mm_struct *src, + struct vm_area_struct *vma); + int (*pin_pages)(struct mm_struct *mm, struct vm_area_struct *vma, + struct page **pages, struct vm_area_struct **vmas, + unsigned long *position, int *length, int i); + void (*change_protection)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long address, unsigned long end, pgprot_t newprot); + unsigned long (*unmap_page_range)(struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long address, unsigned long end, long *zap_work); + void (*free_pgtable_range)(struct mmu_gather **tlb, + unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, + unsigned long floor, unsigned long ceiling); +};
I don't think adding another operation vector is a good idea. But I'd rather extend the vma operations vector to deal with all nessecary buts ubstead if addubg a second one. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@kvack.org"> email@kvack.org </a>