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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-09-26 19:29:42 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2019-09-26 19:29:42 +0200 |
commit | cbafe18c71028d5e0ee1626b4776fea5d5824a78 (patch) | |
tree | 2bb7db7db4ed8df2801f7c16553c69fb27379f7f /Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst | |
parent | Merge tag 'ceph-for-5.4-rc1' of git://github.com/ceph/ceph-client (diff) | |
parent | arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h: fix build (diff) | |
download | linux-cbafe18c71028d5e0ee1626b4776fea5d5824a78.tar.xz linux-cbafe18c71028d5e0ee1626b4776fea5d5824a78.zip |
Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)
Merge more updates from Andrew Morton:
- almost all of the rest of -mm
- various other subsystems
Subsystems affected by this patch series:
memcg, misc, core-kernel, lib, checkpatch, reiserfs, fat, fork,
cpumask, kexec, uaccess, kconfig, kgdb, bug, ipc, lzo, kasan, madvise,
cleanups, pagemap
* emailed patches from Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>: (77 commits)
arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h: fix build
mm: treewide: clarify pgtable_page_{ctor,dtor}() naming
ntfs: remove (un)?likely() from IS_ERR() conditions
IB/hfi1: remove unlikely() from IS_ERR*() condition
xfs: remove unlikely() from WARN_ON() condition
wimax/i2400m: remove unlikely() from WARN*() condition
fs: remove unlikely() from WARN_ON() condition
xen/events: remove unlikely() from WARN() condition
checkpatch: check for nested (un)?likely() calls
hexagon: drop empty and unused free_initrd_mem
mm: factor out common parts between MADV_COLD and MADV_PAGEOUT
mm: introduce MADV_PAGEOUT
mm: change PAGEREF_RECLAIM_CLEAN with PAGE_REFRECLAIM
mm: introduce MADV_COLD
mm: untag user pointers in mmap/munmap/mremap/brk
vfio/type1: untag user pointers in vaddr_get_pfn
tee/shm: untag user pointers in tee_shm_register
media/v4l2-core: untag user pointers in videobuf_dma_contig_user_get
drm/radeon: untag user pointers in radeon_gem_userptr_ioctl
drm/amdgpu: untag user pointers
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Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst b/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst index 889b00be469f..ff51f4a5494d 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst +++ b/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst @@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ Hugetlb-specific helpers: Support of split page table lock by an architecture =================================================== -There's no need in special enabling of PTE split page table lock: -everything required is done by pgtable_page_ctor() and pgtable_page_dtor(), -which must be called on PTE table allocation / freeing. +There's no need in special enabling of PTE split page table lock: everything +required is done by pgtable_pte_page_ctor() and pgtable_pte_page_dtor(), which +must be called on PTE table allocation / freeing. Make sure the architecture doesn't use slab allocator for page table allocation: slab uses page->slab_cache for its pages. @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ paths: i.e X86_PAE preallocate few PMDs on pgd_alloc(). With everything in place you can set CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK. -NOTE: pgtable_page_ctor() and pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() can fail -- it must +NOTE: pgtable_pte_page_ctor() and pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() can fail -- it must be handled properly. page->ptl @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ trick: split lock with enabled DEBUG_SPINLOCK or DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC, but costs one more cache line for indirect access; -The spinlock_t allocated in pgtable_page_ctor() for PTE table and in +The spinlock_t allocated in pgtable_pte_page_ctor() for PTE table and in pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() for PMD table. Please, never access page->ptl directly -- use appropriate helper. |