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mm: x86: move _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY from bit 7 to bit 1
_PAGE_PSE is used to distinguish between a truly non-present (_PAGE_PRESENT=0) PMD, and a PMD which is undergoing a THP split and should be treated as present. But _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY currently uses the _PAGE_PSE bit, which would cause confusion between one of those PMDs undergoing a THP split, and a soft-dirty PMD. Dropping _PAGE_PSE check in pmd_present() does not work well, because it can hurt optimization of tlb handling in thp split. Thus, we need to move the bit. In the current kernel, bits 1-4 are not used in non-present format since commit 00839ee ("x86/mm: Move swap offset/type up in PTE to work around erratum"). So let's move _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY to bit 1. Bit 7 is used as reserved (always clear), so please don't use it for other purpose. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <[email protected]> Acked-by: Dave Hansen <[email protected]> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <[email protected]> Cc: Anshuman Khandual <[email protected]> Cc: David Nellans <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <[email protected]> Cc: Mel Gorman <[email protected]> Cc: Minchan Kim <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: Vlastimil Babka <[email protected]> Cc: Andrea Arcangeli <[email protected]> Cc: Michal Hocko <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_64.h

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@@ -180,15 +180,21 @@ static inline int pgd_large(pgd_t pgd) { return 0; }
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/*
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* Encode and de-code a swap entry
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*
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* | ... | 11| 10| 9|8|7|6|5| 4| 3|2|1|0| <- bit number
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* | ... |SW3|SW2|SW1|G|L|D|A|CD|WT|U|W|P| <- bit names
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* | OFFSET (14->63) | TYPE (9-13) |0|X|X|X| X| X|X|X|0| <- swp entry
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* | ... | 11| 10| 9|8|7|6|5| 4| 3|2| 1|0| <- bit number
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* | ... |SW3|SW2|SW1|G|L|D|A|CD|WT|U| W|P| <- bit names
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* | OFFSET (14->63) | TYPE (9-13) |0|0|X|X| X| X|X|SD|0| <- swp entry
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*
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* G (8) is aliased and used as a PROT_NONE indicator for
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* !present ptes. We need to start storing swap entries above
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* there. We also need to avoid using A and D because of an
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* erratum where they can be incorrectly set by hardware on
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* non-present PTEs.
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*
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* SD (1) in swp entry is used to store soft dirty bit, which helps us
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* remember soft dirty over page migration
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*
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* Bit 7 in swp entry should be 0 because pmd_present checks not only P,
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* but also L and G.
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*/
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#define SWP_TYPE_FIRST_BIT (_PAGE_BIT_PROTNONE + 1)
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#define SWP_TYPE_BITS 5

arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h

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/*
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* Tracking soft dirty bit when a page goes to a swap is tricky.
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* We need a bit which can be stored in pte _and_ not conflict
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* with swap entry format. On x86 bits 6 and 7 are *not* involved
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* into swap entry computation, but bit 6 is used for nonlinear
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* file mapping, so we borrow bit 7 for soft dirty tracking.
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* with swap entry format. On x86 bits 1-4 are *not* involved
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* into swap entry computation, but bit 7 is used for thp migration,
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* so we borrow bit 1 for soft dirty tracking.
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*
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* Please note that this bit must be treated as swap dirty page
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* mark if and only if the PTE has present bit clear!
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* mark if and only if the PTE/PMD has present bit clear!
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*/
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#ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY
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#define _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY _PAGE_PSE
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#define _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY _PAGE_RW
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#else
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#define _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY (_AT(pteval_t, 0))
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#endif

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