Re: [PATCH v6 03/33] pgtable: Create struct ptdesc
From: Peter Xu <peterx@redhat.com>
Date: 2023-06-27 16:09:02
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On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 08:14:01PM -0700, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
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Currently, page table information is stored within struct page. As part of simplifying struct page, create struct ptdesc for page table information. Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <redacted> Acked-by: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> --- include/linux/pgtable.h | 68 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+)diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h index 5063b482e34f..d46cb709ce08 100644 --- a/include/linux/pgtable.h +++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h@@ -987,6 +987,74 @@ static inline void ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct vm_area_struct *vma, #endif /* __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_MODIFY_PROT_TRANSACTION */ #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */ + +/** + * struct ptdesc - Memory descriptor for page tables. + * @__page_flags: Same as page flags. Unused for page tables. + * @pt_rcu_head: For freeing page table pages. + * @pt_list: List of used page tables. Used for s390 and x86. + * @_pt_pad_1: Padding that aliases with page's compound head. + * @pmd_huge_pte: Protected by ptdesc->ptl, used for THPs. + * @_pt_s390_gaddr: Aliases with page's mapping. Used for s390 gmap only.
Should some arch-specific bits (and a few others) always under some #ifdefs, so it shouldn't appear on other archs?
+ * @pt_mm: Used for x86 pgds.
+ * @pt_frag_refcount: For fragmented page table tracking. Powerpc and s390 only.
+ * @ptl: Lock for the page table.
+ * @__page_type: Same as page->page_type. Unused for page tables.
+ * @_refcount: Same as page refcount. Used for s390 page tables.
+ * @pt_memcg_data: Memcg data. Tracked for page tables here.
+ *
+ * This struct overlays struct page for now. Do not modify without a good
+ * understanding of the issues.
+ */
+struct ptdesc {
+ unsigned long __page_flags;
+
+ union {
+ struct rcu_head pt_rcu_head;
+ struct list_head pt_list;
+ struct {
+ unsigned long _pt_pad_1;
+ pgtable_t pmd_huge_pte;
+ };
+ };
+ unsigned long _pt_s390_gaddr;
+
+ union {
+ struct mm_struct *pt_mm;
+ atomic_t pt_frag_refcount;
+ };
+
+ union {
+ unsigned long _pt_pad_2;
+#if ALLOC_SPLIT_PTLOCKS
+ spinlock_t *ptl;
+#else
+ spinlock_t ptl;
+#endif
+ };
+ unsigned int __page_type;
+ atomic_t _refcount;
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
+ unsigned long pt_memcg_data;
+#endif
+};-- Peter Xu