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+.. _split_page_table_lock:
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+=====================
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Split page table lock
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=====================
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@@ -11,6 +14,7 @@ access to the table. At the moment we use split lock for PTE and PMD
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tables. Access to higher level tables protected by mm->page_table_lock.
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There are helpers to lock/unlock a table and other accessor functions:
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- pte_offset_map_lock()
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maps pte and takes PTE table lock, returns pointer to the taken
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lock;
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@@ -34,12 +38,13 @@ Split page table lock for PMD tables is enabled, if it's enabled for PTE
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tables and the architecture supports it (see below).
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Hugetlb and split page table lock
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----------------------------------
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+=================================
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Hugetlb can support several page sizes. We use split lock only for PMD
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level, but not for PUD.
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Hugetlb-specific helpers:
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- huge_pte_lock()
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takes pmd split lock for PMD_SIZE page, mm->page_table_lock
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otherwise;
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@@ -47,7 +52,7 @@ Hugetlb-specific helpers:
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returns pointer to table lock;
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Support of split page table lock by an architecture
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----------------------------------------------------
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+===================================================
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There's no need in special enabling of PTE split page table lock:
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everything required is done by pgtable_page_ctor() and pgtable_page_dtor(),
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@@ -73,7 +78,7 @@ NOTE: pgtable_page_ctor() and pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() can fail -- it must
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be handled properly.
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page->ptl
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----------
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+=========
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page->ptl is used to access split page table lock, where 'page' is struct
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page of page containing the table. It shares storage with page->private
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@@ -81,6 +86,7 @@ page of page containing the table. It shares storage with page->private
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To avoid increasing size of struct page and have best performance, we use a
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trick:
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- if spinlock_t fits into long, we use page->ptr as spinlock, so we
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can avoid indirect access and save a cache line.
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- if size of spinlock_t is bigger then size of long, we use page->ptl as
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