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* [RFC PATCH V3 0/6] get_user_pages_fast for ARM and ARM64
@ 2014-03-12 13:40 Steve Capper
  2014-03-12 13:40 ` [RFC PATCH V3 1/6] arm: mm: Introduce special ptes for LPAE Steve Capper
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From: Steve Capper @ 2014-03-12 13:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-arm-kernel

Hello,
This RFC series implements get_user_pages_fast and __get_user_pages_fast.
These are required for Transparent HugePages to function correctly, as
a futex on a THP tail will otherwise result in an infinite loop (due to
the core implementation of __get_user_pages_fast always returning 0).
This series may also be beneficial for direct-IO heavy workloads and
certain KVM workloads.

The main changes since RFC V2 are:
 * pte_special logic added to the fast_gup.
 * mmu_gather in arm64 replaced entirely by core implementation.
 * arm and arm64 both reference the same gup.c to prevent code
   duplication (I'm not sure how much of a good idea that is).

I have tested the series using the Fast Model for ARM64 and an Arndale
Board. This series applies to 3.14-rc6 with one additional patch from
Will Deacon that is currently in Linux next:
 1971188 ARM: 7985/1: mm: implement pte_accessible for faulting mappings
 
Again, I would really appreciate any comments and/or testers!

Cheers,
--
Steve

Catalin Marinas (1):
  arm64: Convert asm/tlb.h to generic mmu_gather

Steve Capper (5):
  arm: mm: Introduce special ptes for LPAE
  arm: mm: Enable HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE logic
  arm: mm: implement get_user_pages_fast
  arm64: mm: Enable HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE logic
  arm64: mm: Activate get_user_pages_fast for arm64

 arch/arm/Kconfig                      |   1 +
 arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-2level.h |   2 +
 arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable-3level.h |  14 ++
 arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h        |   3 -
 arch/arm/include/asm/tlb.h            |  38 ++++-
 arch/arm/mm/Makefile                  |   1 +
 arch/arm/mm/gup.c                     | 299 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 arch/arm64/Kconfig                    |   1 +
 arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h      |   6 +
 arch/arm64/include/asm/tlb.h          | 140 +++-------------
 arch/arm64/mm/Makefile                |   4 +-
 11 files changed, 389 insertions(+), 120 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/arm/mm/gup.c

-- 
1.8.1.4

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2014-03-12 13:40 [RFC PATCH V3 0/6] get_user_pages_fast for ARM and ARM64 Steve Capper
2014-03-12 13:40 ` [RFC PATCH V3 1/6] arm: mm: Introduce special ptes for LPAE Steve Capper
2014-03-12 13:40 ` [RFC PATCH V3 2/6] arm: mm: Enable HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE logic Steve Capper
2014-03-12 13:40 ` [RFC PATCH V3 3/6] arm: mm: implement get_user_pages_fast Steve Capper
2014-03-12 14:18   ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-12 16:20     ` Steve Capper
2014-03-12 16:30       ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-12 16:42         ` Steve Capper
2014-03-12 16:32   ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-12 16:41     ` Steve Capper
2014-03-12 16:55     ` Will Deacon
2014-03-12 17:11       ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-14 11:47         ` Peter Zijlstra
2014-03-13  8:24       ` Steve Capper
2014-03-12 17:15   ` Catalin Marinas
2014-03-13  8:03     ` Steve Capper
2014-03-12 13:40 ` [RFC PATCH V3 4/6] arm64: Convert asm/tlb.h to generic mmu_gather Steve Capper
2014-03-12 13:40 ` [RFC PATCH V3 5/6] arm64: mm: Enable HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE logic Steve Capper
2014-03-12 13:40 ` [RFC PATCH V3 6/6] arm64: mm: Activate get_user_pages_fast for arm64 Steve Capper

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