diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h index 1e09519af143..0821f87d495f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h @@ -1168,6 +1168,11 @@ static inline pmd_t pmdp_establish(struct vm_area_struct *vma, } } #endif + +#define __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_INVALIDATE_AD +extern pmd_t pmdp_invalidate_ad(struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp); + /* * Page table pages are page-aligned. The lower half of the top * level is used for userspace and the top half for the kernel. diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c index 3481b35cb4ec..f16059e9a85e 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c @@ -608,6 +608,16 @@ int pmdp_clear_flush_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma, return young; } + +pmd_t pmdp_invalidate_ad(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, + pmd_t *pmdp) +{ + /* + * No flush is necessary. Once an invalid PTE is established, the PTE's + * access and dirty bits cannot be updated. + */ + return pmdp_establish(vma, address, pmdp, pmd_mkinvalid(*pmdp)); +} #endif /** diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h index 53750224e176..530b1817b58c 100644 --- a/include/linux/pgtable.h +++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h @@ -570,6 +570,26 @@ extern pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp); #endif +#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_INVALIDATE_AD + +/* + * pmdp_invalidate_ad() invalidates the PMD while changing a transparent + * hugepage mapping in the page tables. This function is similar to + * pmdp_invalidate(), but should only be used if the access and dirty bits would + * not be cleared by the software in the new PMD value. The function ensures + * that hardware changes of the access and dirty bits updates would not be lost. + * + * Doing so can allow in certain architectures to avoid a TLB flush in most + * cases. Yet, another TLB flush might be necessary later if the PMD update + * itself requires such flush (e.g., if protection was set to be stricter). Yet, + * even when a TLB flush is needed because of the update, the caller may be able + * to batch these TLB flushing operations, so fewer TLB flush operations are + * needed. + */ +extern pmd_t pmdp_invalidate_ad(struct vm_area_struct *vma, + unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp); +#endif + #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SAME static inline int pte_same(pte_t pte_a, pte_t pte_b) { diff --git a/mm/huge_memory.c b/mm/huge_memory.c index 2befa9cfb46e..6f37f77eb48c 100644 --- a/mm/huge_memory.c +++ b/mm/huge_memory.c @@ -1801,10 +1801,10 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct mmu_gather *tlb, struct vm_area_struct *vma, * The race makes MADV_DONTNEED miss the huge pmd and don't clear it * which may break userspace. * - * pmdp_invalidate() is required to make sure we don't miss + * pmdp_invalidate_ad() is required to make sure we don't miss * dirty/young flags set by hardware. */ - oldpmd = pmdp_invalidate(vma, addr, pmd); + oldpmd = pmdp_invalidate_ad(vma, addr, pmd); entry = pmd_modify(oldpmd, newprot); if (preserve_write) diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c index 6523fda274e5..90ab721a12a8 100644 --- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c +++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c @@ -201,6 +201,14 @@ pmd_t pmdp_invalidate(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, } #endif +#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_INVALIDATE_AD +pmd_t pmdp_invalidate_ad(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, + pmd_t *pmdp) +{ + return pmdp_invalidate(vma, address, pmdp); +} +#endif + #ifndef pmdp_collapse_flush pmd_t pmdp_collapse_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, pmd_t *pmdp)