From: Naoya Horiguchi <[email protected]> pmd_present() checks _PAGE_PSE along with _PAGE_PRESENT to avoid false negative return when it races with thp spilt (during which _PAGE_PRESENT is temporary cleared.) I don't think that dropping _PAGE_PSE check in pmd_present() works well because it can hurt optimization of tlb handling in thp split. In the current kernel, bits 1-4 are not used in non-present format since commit 00839ee3b299 ("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.
Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <[email protected]> ChangeLog v3: - Move _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY to bit 1, it was placed at bit 6. Because some CPUs might accidentally set bit 5 or 6. Signed-off-by: Zi Yan <[email protected]> --- arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h index 8b4de22d6429..3695abd58ef6 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable_types.h @@ -97,15 +97,15 @@ /* * Tracking soft dirty bit when a page goes to a swap is tricky. * We need a bit which can be stored in pte _and_ not conflict - * with swap entry format. On x86 bits 6 and 7 are *not* involved - * into swap entry computation, but bit 6 is used for nonlinear - * file mapping, so we borrow bit 7 for soft dirty tracking. + * with swap entry format. On x86 bits 1-4 are *not* involved + * into swap entry computation, but bit 7 is used for thp migration, + * so we borrow bit 1 for soft dirty tracking. * * Please note that this bit must be treated as swap dirty page - * mark if and only if the PTE has present bit clear! + * mark if and only if the PTE/PMD has present bit clear! */ #ifdef CONFIG_MEM_SOFT_DIRTY -#define _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY _PAGE_PSE +#define _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY _PAGE_RW #else #define _PAGE_SWP_SOFT_DIRTY (_AT(pteval_t, 0)) #endif -- 2.11.0
