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-rw-r--r--include/linux/mm.h5
-rw-r--r--mm/filemap.c14
-rw-r--r--mm/memory.c20
3 files changed, 33 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index 4572a9bc5862..251a2339befb 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ extern pgprot_t protection_map[16];
* @FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE: The fault is not for current task/mm.
* @FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION: The fault was during an instruction fetch.
* @FAULT_FLAG_INTERRUPTIBLE: The fault can be interrupted by non-fatal signals.
+ * @FAULT_FLAG_PREFAULT: Fault was a prefault.
*
* About @FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY and @FAULT_FLAG_TRIED: we can specify
* whether we would allow page faults to retry by specifying these two
@@ -464,6 +465,7 @@ extern pgprot_t protection_map[16];
#define FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE 0x80
#define FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION 0x100
#define FAULT_FLAG_INTERRUPTIBLE 0x200
+#define FAULT_FLAG_PREFAULT 0x400
/*
* The default fault flags that should be used by most of the
@@ -501,7 +503,8 @@ static inline bool fault_flag_allow_retry_first(unsigned int flags)
{ FAULT_FLAG_USER, "USER" }, \
{ FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE, "REMOTE" }, \
{ FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION, "INSTRUCTION" }, \
- { FAULT_FLAG_INTERRUPTIBLE, "INTERRUPTIBLE" }
+ { FAULT_FLAG_INTERRUPTIBLE, "INTERRUPTIBLE" }, \
+ { FAULT_FLAG_PREFAULT, "PREFAULT" }
/*
* vm_fault is filled by the pagefault handler and passed to the vma's
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index c1f2dc89b8a7..a6dc97906c8e 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -3019,6 +3019,7 @@ vm_fault_t filemap_map_pages(struct vm_fault *vmf,
struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
pgoff_t last_pgoff = start_pgoff;
unsigned long address = vmf->address;
+ unsigned long flags = vmf->flags;
XA_STATE(xas, &mapping->i_pages, start_pgoff);
struct page *head, *page;
unsigned int mmap_miss = READ_ONCE(file->f_ra.mmap_miss);
@@ -3051,14 +3052,18 @@ vm_fault_t filemap_map_pages(struct vm_fault *vmf,
if (!pte_none(*vmf->pte))
goto unlock;
+ /* We're about to handle the fault */
+ if (vmf->address == address) {
+ vmf->flags &= ~FAULT_FLAG_PREFAULT;
+ ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
+ } else {
+ vmf->flags |= FAULT_FLAG_PREFAULT;
+ }
+
do_set_pte(vmf, page);
/* no need to invalidate: a not-present page won't be cached */
update_mmu_cache(vma, vmf->address, vmf->pte);
unlock_page(head);
-
- /* The fault is handled */
- if (vmf->address == address)
- ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE;
continue;
unlock:
unlock_page(head);
@@ -3067,6 +3072,7 @@ unlock:
pte_unmap_unlock(vmf->pte, vmf->ptl);
out:
rcu_read_unlock();
+ vmf->flags = flags;
vmf->address = address;
WRITE_ONCE(file->f_ra.mmap_miss, mmap_miss);
return ret;
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 3e2fc2950ad7..f0e7c589ca9d 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ static inline bool arch_faults_on_old_pte(void)
}
#endif
+#ifndef arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte
+static inline bool arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte(void)
+{
+ /*
+ * Transitioning a PTE from 'old' to 'young' can be expensive on
+ * some architectures, even if it's performed in hardware. By
+ * default, "false" means prefaulted entries will be 'young'.
+ */
+ return false;
+}
+#endif
+
static int __init disable_randmaps(char *s)
{
randomize_va_space = 0;
@@ -3725,11 +3737,17 @@ void do_set_pte(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct page *page)
{
struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma;
bool write = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE;
+ bool prefault = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_PREFAULT;
pte_t entry;
flush_icache_page(vma, page);
entry = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot);
- entry = pte_sw_mkyoung(entry);
+
+ if (prefault && arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte())
+ entry = pte_mkold(entry);
+ else
+ entry = pte_sw_mkyoung(entry);
+
if (write)
entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma);
/* copy-on-write page */