[PATCH v7 02/12] mm: x86: add CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG

Yu Zhao
2022-02-08T08:19:47Z

Some architectures support the accessed bit in non-leaf PMD entries,
e.g., x86 sets the accessed bit in a non-leaf PMD entry when using it
as part of linear address translation [1]. Page table walkers that
clear the accessed bit may use this capability to reduce their search
space.

Note that:
1. Although an inline function is preferable, this capability is added
as a configuration option for the consistency with the existing
macros.
2. Due to the little interest in other varieties, this capability was
only tested on Intel and AMD CPUs.

[1]: Intel 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer's Manual
Volume 3 (June 2021), section 4.8

Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>
Acked-by: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@google.com>
Acked-by: Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@archlinux.org>
Acked-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@natalenko.name>
Acked-by: Steven Barrett <steven@liquorix.net>
Acked-by: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@google.com>
Tested-by: Daniel Byrne <djbyrne@mtu.edu>
Tested-by: Donald Carr <d@chaos-reins.com>
Tested-by: Holger Hoffstätte <holger@applied-asynchrony.com>
Tested-by: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@yandex.ru>
Tested-by: Shuang Zhai <szhai2@cs.rochester.edu>
Tested-by: Sofia Trinh <sofia.trinh@edi.works>
---
arch/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 +
arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h | 3 ++-
arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c | 5 ++++-
include/linux/pgtable.h | 4 ++--
5 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 678a80713b21..f9c59ecadbbb 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -1322,6 +1322,15 @@ config DYNAMIC_SIGFRAME
config HAVE_ARCH_NODE_DEV_GROUP
bool

+config ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG
+ bool
+ depends on PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2
+ help
+ Architectures that select this option are capable of setting the
+ accessed bit in non-leaf PMD entries when using them as part of linear
+ address translations. Page table walkers that clear the accessed bit
+ may use this capability to reduce their search space.
+
source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"

source "scripts/gcc-plugins/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 9f5bd41bf660..e787b7fc75be 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ config X86
select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API if X86_64
select ARCH_HAS_PTE_DEVMAP if X86_64
select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
+ select ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG
select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_FLUSHCACHE if X86_64
select ARCH_HAS_COPY_MC if X86_64
select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 60b6ce45c2e3..f973788f6b21 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -819,7 +819,8 @@ static inline unsigned long pmd_page_vaddr(pmd_t pmd)

static inline int pmd_bad(pmd_t pmd)
{
- return (pmd_flags(pmd) & ~_PAGE_USER) != _KERNPG_TABLE;
+ return (pmd_flags(pmd) & ~(_PAGE_USER | _PAGE_ACCESSED)) !=
+ (_KERNPG_TABLE & ~_PAGE_ACCESSED);
}

static inline unsigned long pages_to_mb(unsigned long npg)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
index 3481b35cb4ec..a224193d84bf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ int ptep_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
return ret;
}

-#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+#if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) || defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG)
int pmdp_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, pmd_t *pmdp)
{
@@ -562,6 +562,9 @@ int pmdp_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,

return ret;
}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
int pudp_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long addr, pud_t *pudp)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index c799635f4d79..30cf0d19cbdb 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ static inline int ptep_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
#endif

#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_TEST_AND_CLEAR_YOUNG
-#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
+#if defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) || defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG)
static inline int pmdp_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long address,
pmd_t *pmdp)
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ static inline int pmdp_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
BUILD_BUG();
return 0;
}
-#endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE */
+#endif /* CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE || CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_NONLEAF_PMD_YOUNG */
#endif

#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_CLEAR_YOUNG_FLUSH
--
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