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Why would pmd and pte be different? >>> >>>> I think for any p[mu]d where p[mu]d_page() is ok to use should never set >>>> 'special', right? >>> >>> There should be dedicated functions for installing pages and PFNs, >>> only the PFN one would set the special bit. >>> >>> And certainly your tests *should* be failing as special entries should >>> never ever be converted to struct page. >> >> Worth reviewing [1] where I clean that up and describe the current >> impact. ;) > > Will do. > >> What's even worse about this pte_devmap()/pmd_devmap()/... shit (sorry! >> but it's absolute shit) is that some pte_mkdev() set the pte special, >> while others ... don't. > > As the person who started the turd rolling into this pile that Alistair > is heroically cleaning up, I approve this characterization. > >> E.g., loongarch >> >> static inline pte_t pte_mkdevmap(pte_t pte) { pte_val(pte) |= >> _PAGE_DEVMAP; return pte; } >> >> I don't even know how it can (could) survive vm_normal_page(). > > Presently "can" because dax switched away from vmf_insert_mixed() to > vmf_insert_page(), "could" in the past was the devmap hack to avoid > treating VM_MIXEDMAP as !vm_normal_page(). The thing is, in vm_normal_page() if we have CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL -- which loongarch sets -- if we don't see pte_special(), we will assume that it is refcounted. if (likely(!pte_special(pte)) goto check_pfn; So if pte_mkdevmap() does not set pte_special(), then ... vm_normal_page() would detect it as normal, although it isn't normal? But maybe I am missing something important. -- Cheers, David / dhildenb