Re: [PATCH 16/26] mm/powerpc: Use general page fault accounting

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Fri Jul 03 2020 - 07:06:05 EST


Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Use the general page fault accounting by passing regs into handle_mm_fault().
>
> CC: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> CC: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> CC: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c | 11 +++--------
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
> index 992b10c3761c..e325d13efaf5 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/fault.c
> @@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
> * make sure we exit gracefully rather than endlessly redo
> * the fault.
> */
> - fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags, NULL);
> + fault = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, flags, regs);
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_MEM_KEYS
> /*
> @@ -604,14 +604,9 @@ static int __do_page_fault(struct pt_regs *regs, unsigned long address,
> /*
> * Major/minor page fault accounting.
> */
> - if (major) {
> - current->maj_flt++;
> - perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MAJ, 1, regs, address);
> + if (major)
> cmo_account_page_fault();
> - } else {
> - current->min_flt++;
> - perf_sw_event(PERF_COUNT_SW_PAGE_FAULTS_MIN, 1, regs, address);
> - }
> +
> return 0;
> }
> NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(__do_page_fault);


You do change the logic a bit if regs is NULL (in mm_account_fault()),
but regs can never be NULL in this path, so it looks OK to me.

Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

cheers