Re: [PATCH] mm/mapping_dirty_helpers: Guard hugepage pud's usage

From: Thomas Hellström (Intel)
Date: Fri Apr 09 2021 - 03:43:39 EST



On 4/8/21 9:15 PM, Zack Rusin wrote:
Lets make sure we don't use pud hugepage helpers on architectures
which do not support it. This fixes the code on arm64.
nits:

Perhaps be a little more specific about what it fixes? I figure it's a compilation failure?
Also please use imperative form: "Fix the code arm64" rather than "This fixes the code on arm64"

Other than that LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Thomas Hellström (Intel) <thomas_os@xxxxxxxxxxxx>



Signed-off-by: Zack Rusin <zackr@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Thomas Hellström (Intel) <thomas_os@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx
Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
---
mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c b/mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c
index b59054ef2e10..b890854ec761 100644
--- a/mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c
+++ b/mm/mapping_dirty_helpers.c
@@ -165,10 +165,12 @@ static int wp_clean_pud_entry(pud_t *pud, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
return 0;
}
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD
/* Huge pud */
walk->action = ACTION_CONTINUE;
if (pud_trans_huge(pudval) || pud_devmap(pudval))
WARN_ON(pud_write(pudval) || pud_dirty(pudval));
+#endif
return 0;
}