From: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
To: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC v2 13/20] x86: mm: carve out the generic compile-time folded pgtable case in effective_prot()
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 18:37:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <amD_5r04mzMoZ0-r@e129823.arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d16a8412-acee-4c21-a126-f570d6306983@intel.com>
> On 7/22/26 08:30, Yeoreum Yun wrote:
> > struct pg_state {
> > struct ptdump_state ptdump;
> > + int first_level;
> > int level;
> > pgprotval_t current_prot;
> > pgprotval_t effective_prot;
>
> There is zero reason on x86 to hold this value in a data structure. It
> is 100% determined at boot time or earlier. Pre-5-level-paging it's a
> compile-time constant.
>
> On x86, it never varies per-mm.
However, mm_pXd_folded() requires to mm for other architecture like
s390. might save the mm instead of first_level and calls the
ptdump_pt_level_first() with static inline version would make the
constant comparison. So it requires to save *mm* structure in here.
[...]
--
Sincerely,
Yeoreum Yun
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-22 17:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 37+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-22 15:30 [PATCH RFC v2 00/20] mm: optimize unnecessary loads due to ptep_get() and friends out Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 01/20] ARM: mm: make nommu pgd_t a scalar Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 02/20] ARM: mm: make 2-level " Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 03/20] ARM: mm: remove custom pgdp_get() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 04/20] LoongArch: mm: define pud_leaf() only when PUD exists Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 05/20] MIPS: " Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 06/20] mm/pgtable: define (pgd|p4d|pud)_leaf() for folded page tables Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 07/20] mm/pgtable: define (pgd|p4d|pud)_offset_lockless() " Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 08/20] mm: vmscan: remove stack copy address of pud pass in wallk_pud_range() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 09/20] loongarch: kvm: remove stack copy address of pXd in pXd_offset() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 10/20] riscv: " Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 11/20] riscv: mm: use proper set_pXd() for generic compile-time folded patable in vmalloc_fault() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 12/20] x86: mm: define pudp_set_access_flags() when CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD is enabled only Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 16:02 ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 17:27 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 13/20] x86: mm: carve out the generic compile-time folded pgtable case in effective_prot() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 16:11 ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 16:28 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 17:37 ` Yeoreum Yun [this message]
2026-07-22 20:20 ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 21:00 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 14/20] x86: mm: skip pud setup when using generic compile-time folded pagetable Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 16:33 ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 17:18 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 20:02 ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 20:18 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 20:22 ` Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 20:28 ` H. Peter Anvin
2026-07-22 20:40 ` Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 15/20] mm/pgtable: optimize pmdp_get() and friends for folded pagetable levels Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 16/20] mm/pgtable: catch abuse of folded dummy pgd_t/p4d_t/pud_t Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 17/20] mm/pgtable: disallow calling (pgd|p4d|pud)_page, pgd_page_vaddr() and (p4d|pud)_pgtable with dummy Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 18/20] mm/pgtable: disallow calling folded set_pgd/set_p4d/set_pud " Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 19/20] openrisc/pgtable: drop __pmd_offset() Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 15:30 ` [PATCH RFC v2 20/20] arm64: pgtable: convert pte_present() from macro to static inline Yeoreum Yun
2026-07-22 16:40 ` [PATCH RFC v2 00/20] mm: optimize unnecessary loads due to ptep_get() and friends out Dave Hansen
2026-07-22 17:30 ` Yeoreum Yun
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