Re: [PATCH 4/4] Hugetlb: Copy on Write support

[William Lee Irwin III <wli@holomorphy.com>]

On Wed, Nov 09, 2005 at 05:39:55PM -0600, Adam Litke wrote:
> Hugetlb: Copy on Write support
> Implement copy-on-write support for hugetlb mappings so MAP_PRIVATE can be
> supported.  This helps us to safely use hugetlb pages in many more
> applications.  The patch makes the following changes.  If needed, I also have
> it broken out according to the following paragraphs.
> 1. Add a pair of functions to set/clear write access on huge ptes.  The
> writable check in make_huge_pte is moved out to the caller for use by COW
> later.
> 2. Hugetlb copy-on-write requires special case handling in the following
> situations:
>  - copy_hugetlb_page_range() - Copied pages must be write protected so a COW
>     fault will be triggered (if necessary) if those pages are written to.
>  - find_or_alloc_huge_page() - Only MAP_SHARED pages are added to the page
>     cache.  MAP_PRIVATE pages still need to be locked however.
> 3. Provide hugetlb_cow() and calls from hugetlb_fault() and hugetlb_no_page()
> which handles the COW fault by making the actual copy.
> 4. Remove the check in hugetlbfs_file_map() so that MAP_PRIVATE mmaps will be
> allowed.  Make MAP_HUGETLB exempt from the depricated VM_RESERVED mapping
> check.

Did you do the audit of pte protection bits I asked about? If not, I'll
dredge them up and check to make sure.


-- wli