[v2,12/46] hugetlb: add hugetlb_alloc_pmd and hugetlb_alloc_pte

Message ID 20230218002819.1486479-13-jthoughton@google.com
State New
Headers
Series hugetlb: introduce HugeTLB high-granularity mapping |

Commit Message

James Houghton Feb. 18, 2023, 12:27 a.m. UTC
  These functions are used to allocate new PTEs below the hstate PTE. This
will be used by hugetlb_walk_step, which implements stepping forwards in
a HugeTLB high-granularity page table walk.

The reasons that we don't use the standard pmd_alloc/pte_alloc*
functions are:
 1) This prevents us from accidentally overwriting swap entries or
    attempting to use swap entries as present non-leaf PTEs (see
    pmd_alloc(); we assume that !pte_none means pte_present and
    non-leaf).
 2) Locking hugetlb PTEs can different than regular PTEs. (Although, as
    implemented right now, locking is the same.)
 3) We can maintain compatibility with CONFIG_HIGHPTE. That is, HugeTLB
    HGM won't use HIGHPTE, but the kernel can still be built with it,
    and other mm code will use it.

When GENERAL_HUGETLB supports P4D-based hugepages, we will need to
implement hugetlb_pud_alloc to implement hugetlb_walk_step.

Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
  

Comments

kernel test robot Feb. 18, 2023, 5:46 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi James,

Thank you for the patch! Yet something to improve:

[auto build test ERROR on next-20230217]
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And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as documented in
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url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/James-Houghton/hugetlb-don-t-set-PageUptodate-for-UFFDIO_CONTINUE/20230218-083216
patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230218002819.1486479-13-jthoughton%40google.com
patch subject: [PATCH v2 12/46] hugetlb: add hugetlb_alloc_pmd and hugetlb_alloc_pte
config: powerpc-randconfig-r001-20230217 (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20230219/202302190142.59JVVPVm-lkp@intel.com/config)
compiler: clang version 17.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project db89896bbbd2251fff457699635acbbedeead27f)
reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
        wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
        chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
        # install powerpc cross compiling tool for clang build
        # apt-get install binutils-powerpc-linux-gnu
        # https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commit/af805b45df0b60a0ef2231f41413b8265e1e8d93
        git remote add linux-review https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux
        git fetch --no-tags linux-review James-Houghton/hugetlb-don-t-set-PageUptodate-for-UFFDIO_CONTINUE/20230218-083216
        git checkout af805b45df0b60a0ef2231f41413b8265e1e8d93
        # save the config file
        mkdir build_dir && cp config build_dir/.config
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=powerpc olddefconfig
        COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=powerpc SHELL=/bin/bash

If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag where applicable
| Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
| Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202302190142.59JVVPVm-lkp@intel.com/

All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):

   __do_insb
   ^
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:577:56: note: expanded from macro '__do_insb'
   #define __do_insb(p, b, n)      readsb((PCI_IO_ADDR)_IO_BASE+(p), (b), (n))
                                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
   In file included from mm/hugetlb.c:11:
   In file included from include/linux/highmem.h:12:
   In file included from include/linux/hardirq.h:11:
   In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/hardirq.h:6:
   In file included from include/linux/irq.h:20:
   In file included from include/linux/io.h:13:
   In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:640:
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io-defs.h:45:1: warning: performing pointer arithmetic on a null pointer has undefined behavior [-Wnull-pointer-arithmetic]
   DEF_PCI_AC_NORET(insw, (unsigned long p, void *b, unsigned long c),
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:637:3: note: expanded from macro 'DEF_PCI_AC_NORET'
                   __do_##name al;                                 \
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   <scratch space>:102:1: note: expanded from here
   __do_insw
   ^
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:578:56: note: expanded from macro '__do_insw'
   #define __do_insw(p, b, n)      readsw((PCI_IO_ADDR)_IO_BASE+(p), (b), (n))
                                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
   In file included from mm/hugetlb.c:11:
   In file included from include/linux/highmem.h:12:
   In file included from include/linux/hardirq.h:11:
   In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/hardirq.h:6:
   In file included from include/linux/irq.h:20:
   In file included from include/linux/io.h:13:
   In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:640:
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io-defs.h:47:1: warning: performing pointer arithmetic on a null pointer has undefined behavior [-Wnull-pointer-arithmetic]
   DEF_PCI_AC_NORET(insl, (unsigned long p, void *b, unsigned long c),
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:637:3: note: expanded from macro 'DEF_PCI_AC_NORET'
                   __do_##name al;                                 \
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   <scratch space>:104:1: note: expanded from here
   __do_insl
   ^
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:579:56: note: expanded from macro '__do_insl'
   #define __do_insl(p, b, n)      readsl((PCI_IO_ADDR)_IO_BASE+(p), (b), (n))
                                          ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
   In file included from mm/hugetlb.c:11:
   In file included from include/linux/highmem.h:12:
   In file included from include/linux/hardirq.h:11:
   In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/hardirq.h:6:
   In file included from include/linux/irq.h:20:
   In file included from include/linux/io.h:13:
   In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:640:
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io-defs.h:49:1: warning: performing pointer arithmetic on a null pointer has undefined behavior [-Wnull-pointer-arithmetic]
   DEF_PCI_AC_NORET(outsb, (unsigned long p, const void *b, unsigned long c),
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:637:3: note: expanded from macro 'DEF_PCI_AC_NORET'
                   __do_##name al;                                 \
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   <scratch space>:106:1: note: expanded from here
   __do_outsb
   ^
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:580:58: note: expanded from macro '__do_outsb'
   #define __do_outsb(p, b, n)     writesb((PCI_IO_ADDR)_IO_BASE+(p),(b),(n))
                                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
   In file included from mm/hugetlb.c:11:
   In file included from include/linux/highmem.h:12:
   In file included from include/linux/hardirq.h:11:
   In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/hardirq.h:6:
   In file included from include/linux/irq.h:20:
   In file included from include/linux/io.h:13:
   In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:640:
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io-defs.h:51:1: warning: performing pointer arithmetic on a null pointer has undefined behavior [-Wnull-pointer-arithmetic]
   DEF_PCI_AC_NORET(outsw, (unsigned long p, const void *b, unsigned long c),
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:637:3: note: expanded from macro 'DEF_PCI_AC_NORET'
                   __do_##name al;                                 \
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   <scratch space>:108:1: note: expanded from here
   __do_outsw
   ^
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:581:58: note: expanded from macro '__do_outsw'
   #define __do_outsw(p, b, n)     writesw((PCI_IO_ADDR)_IO_BASE+(p),(b),(n))
                                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
   In file included from mm/hugetlb.c:11:
   In file included from include/linux/highmem.h:12:
   In file included from include/linux/hardirq.h:11:
   In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/hardirq.h:6:
   In file included from include/linux/irq.h:20:
   In file included from include/linux/io.h:13:
   In file included from arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:640:
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io-defs.h:53:1: warning: performing pointer arithmetic on a null pointer has undefined behavior [-Wnull-pointer-arithmetic]
   DEF_PCI_AC_NORET(outsl, (unsigned long p, const void *b, unsigned long c),
   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:637:3: note: expanded from macro 'DEF_PCI_AC_NORET'
                   __do_##name al;                                 \
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   <scratch space>:110:1: note: expanded from here
   __do_outsl
   ^
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/io.h:582:58: note: expanded from macro '__do_outsl'
   #define __do_outsl(p, b, n)     writesl((PCI_IO_ADDR)_IO_BASE+(p),(b),(n))
                                           ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^
>> mm/hugetlb.c:581:8: error: call to undeclared function '__pte_alloc_one'; ISO C99 and later do not support implicit function declarations [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
           new = __pte_alloc_one(mm, GFP_PGTABLE_USER);
                 ^
   mm/hugetlb.c:581:8: note: did you mean 'pte_alloc_one'?
   arch/powerpc/include/asm/pgalloc.h:30:25: note: 'pte_alloc_one' declared here
   static inline pgtable_t pte_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm)
                           ^
>> mm/hugetlb.c:581:28: error: use of undeclared identifier 'GFP_PGTABLE_USER'
           new = __pte_alloc_one(mm, GFP_PGTABLE_USER);
                                     ^
>> mm/hugetlb.c:588:25: error: incompatible pointer types passing 'pgtable_t' (aka 'unsigned long *') to parameter of type 'struct page *' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
                   pgtable_pte_page_dtor(new);
                                         ^~~
   include/linux/mm.h:2661:55: note: passing argument to parameter 'page' here
   static inline void pgtable_pte_page_dtor(struct page *page)
                                                         ^
   mm/hugetlb.c:589:3: error: incompatible pointer types passing 'pgtable_t' (aka 'unsigned long *') to parameter of type 'struct page *' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-pointer-types]
                   __free_page(new);
                   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
   include/linux/gfp.h:319:40: note: expanded from macro '__free_page'
   #define __free_page(page) __free_pages((page), 0)
                                          ^~~~~~
   include/linux/gfp.h:302:39: note: passing argument to parameter 'page' here
   extern void __free_pages(struct page *page, unsigned int order);
                                         ^
   6 warnings and 4 errors generated.


vim +/__pte_alloc_one +581 mm/hugetlb.c

   543	
   544	/*
   545	 * hugetlb_alloc_pte -- Allocate a PTE beneath a pmd_none PMD-level hpte.
   546	 *
   547	 * See the comment above hugetlb_alloc_pmd.
   548	 */
   549	pte_t *hugetlb_alloc_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
   550			unsigned long addr)
   551	{
   552		spinlock_t *ptl = hugetlb_pte_lockptr(hpte);
   553		pgtable_t new;
   554		pmd_t *pmdp;
   555		pmd_t pmd;
   556	
   557		if (hpte->level != HUGETLB_LEVEL_PMD)
   558			return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
   559	
   560		pmdp = (pmd_t *)hpte->ptep;
   561	retry:
   562		pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
   563		if (likely(pmd_present(pmd)))
   564			return unlikely(pmd_leaf(pmd))
   565				? ERR_PTR(-EEXIST)
   566				: pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr);
   567		else if (!pmd_none(pmd))
   568			/*
   569			 * Not present and not none means that a swap entry lives here,
   570			 * and we can't get rid of it.
   571			 */
   572			return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
   573	
   574		/*
   575		 * With CONFIG_HIGHPTE, calling `pte_alloc_one` directly may result
   576		 * in page tables being allocated in high memory, needing a kmap to
   577		 * access. Instead, we call __pte_alloc_one directly with
   578		 * GFP_PGTABLE_USER to prevent these PTEs being allocated in high
   579		 * memory.
   580		 */
 > 581		new = __pte_alloc_one(mm, GFP_PGTABLE_USER);
   582		if (!new)
   583			return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
   584	
   585		spin_lock(ptl);
   586		if (!pmd_same(pmd, *pmdp)) {
   587			spin_unlock(ptl);
 > 588			pgtable_pte_page_dtor(new);
   589			__free_page(new);
   590			goto retry;
   591		}
   592	
   593		mm_inc_nr_ptes(mm);
   594		smp_wmb(); /* See comment in pmd_install() */
   595		pmd_populate(mm, pmdp, new);
   596		spin_unlock(ptl);
   597		return pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr);
   598	}
   599
  
Mike Kravetz Feb. 27, 2023, 7:16 p.m. UTC | #2
On 02/18/23 00:27, James Houghton wrote:
> These functions are used to allocate new PTEs below the hstate PTE. This
> will be used by hugetlb_walk_step, which implements stepping forwards in
> a HugeTLB high-granularity page table walk.
> 
> The reasons that we don't use the standard pmd_alloc/pte_alloc*
> functions are:
>  1) This prevents us from accidentally overwriting swap entries or
>     attempting to use swap entries as present non-leaf PTEs (see
>     pmd_alloc(); we assume that !pte_none means pte_present and
>     non-leaf).
>  2) Locking hugetlb PTEs can different than regular PTEs. (Although, as
>     implemented right now, locking is the same.)
>  3) We can maintain compatibility with CONFIG_HIGHPTE. That is, HugeTLB
>     HGM won't use HIGHPTE, but the kernel can still be built with it,
>     and other mm code will use it.
> 
> When GENERAL_HUGETLB supports P4D-based hugepages, we will need to
> implement hugetlb_pud_alloc to implement hugetlb_walk_step.
> 
> Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> index eeacadf3272b..9d839519c875 100644
> --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> @@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_pte_mask(const struct hugetlb_pte *hpte)
>  
>  bool hugetlb_pte_present_leaf(const struct hugetlb_pte *hpte, pte_t pte);
>  
> +pmd_t *hugetlb_alloc_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
> +		unsigned long addr);
> +pte_t *hugetlb_alloc_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
> +		unsigned long addr);
> +
>  struct hugepage_subpool {
>  	spinlock_t lock;
>  	long count;
> diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> index 6c74adff43b6..bb424cdf79e4 100644
> --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> @@ -483,6 +483,120 @@ static bool has_same_uncharge_info(struct file_region *rg,
>  #endif
>  }
>  
> +/*
> + * hugetlb_alloc_pmd -- Allocate or find a PMD beneath a PUD-level hpte.
> + *
> + * This is meant to be used to implement hugetlb_walk_step when one must go to
> + * step down to a PMD. Different architectures may implement hugetlb_walk_step
> + * differently, but hugetlb_alloc_pmd and hugetlb_alloc_pte are architecture-
> + * independent.
> + *
> + * Returns:
> + *	On success: the pointer to the PMD. This should be placed into a
> + *		    hugetlb_pte. @hpte is not changed.
> + *	ERR_PTR(-EINVAL): hpte is not PUD-level
> + *	ERR_PTR(-EEXIST): there is a non-leaf and non-empty PUD in @hpte

I often get this confused, should this really be 'non-leaf'?  Because, ...

> + *	ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM): could not allocate the new PMD
> + */
> +pmd_t *hugetlb_alloc_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
> +		unsigned long addr)
> +{
> +	spinlock_t *ptl = hugetlb_pte_lockptr(hpte);
> +	pmd_t *new;
> +	pud_t *pudp;
> +	pud_t pud;
> +
> +	if (hpte->level != HUGETLB_LEVEL_PUD)
> +		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> +
> +	pudp = (pud_t *)hpte->ptep;
> +retry:
> +	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
> +	if (likely(pud_present(pud)))
> +		return unlikely(pud_leaf(pud))
> +			? ERR_PTR(-EEXIST)
> +			: pmd_offset(pudp, addr);

... it seems we return -EEXIST in the pud_leaf case.
  
James Houghton Feb. 27, 2023, 7:31 p.m. UTC | #3
"

On Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 11:17 AM Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> wrote:
>
> On 02/18/23 00:27, James Houghton wrote:
> > These functions are used to allocate new PTEs below the hstate PTE. This
> > will be used by hugetlb_walk_step, which implements stepping forwards in
> > a HugeTLB high-granularity page table walk.
> >
> > The reasons that we don't use the standard pmd_alloc/pte_alloc*
> > functions are:
> >  1) This prevents us from accidentally overwriting swap entries or
> >     attempting to use swap entries as present non-leaf PTEs (see
> >     pmd_alloc(); we assume that !pte_none means pte_present and
> >     non-leaf).
> >  2) Locking hugetlb PTEs can different than regular PTEs. (Although, as
> >     implemented right now, locking is the same.)
> >  3) We can maintain compatibility with CONFIG_HIGHPTE. That is, HugeTLB
> >     HGM won't use HIGHPTE, but the kernel can still be built with it,
> >     and other mm code will use it.
> >
> > When GENERAL_HUGETLB supports P4D-based hugepages, we will need to
> > implement hugetlb_pud_alloc to implement hugetlb_walk_step.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
> >
> > diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> > index eeacadf3272b..9d839519c875 100644
> > --- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> > +++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
> > @@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ unsigned long hugetlb_pte_mask(const struct hugetlb_pte *hpte)
> >
> >  bool hugetlb_pte_present_leaf(const struct hugetlb_pte *hpte, pte_t pte);
> >
> > +pmd_t *hugetlb_alloc_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
> > +             unsigned long addr);
> > +pte_t *hugetlb_alloc_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
> > +             unsigned long addr);
> > +
> >  struct hugepage_subpool {
> >       spinlock_t lock;
> >       long count;
> > diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > index 6c74adff43b6..bb424cdf79e4 100644
> > --- a/mm/hugetlb.c
> > +++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
> > @@ -483,6 +483,120 @@ static bool has_same_uncharge_info(struct file_region *rg,
> >  #endif
> >  }
> >
> > +/*
> > + * hugetlb_alloc_pmd -- Allocate or find a PMD beneath a PUD-level hpte.
> > + *
> > + * This is meant to be used to implement hugetlb_walk_step when one must go to
> > + * step down to a PMD. Different architectures may implement hugetlb_walk_step
> > + * differently, but hugetlb_alloc_pmd and hugetlb_alloc_pte are architecture-
> > + * independent.
> > + *
> > + * Returns:
> > + *   On success: the pointer to the PMD. This should be placed into a
> > + *               hugetlb_pte. @hpte is not changed.
> > + *   ERR_PTR(-EINVAL): hpte is not PUD-level
> > + *   ERR_PTR(-EEXIST): there is a non-leaf and non-empty PUD in @hpte
>
> I often get this confused, should this really be 'non-leaf'?  Because, ...

This comment is wrong, it should be "non-empty PUD that is not
pointing to page tables". Maybe it would be better to say "-EEXIST
unless @hpte is pud_none() or already points to page tables".

In this commit, PTEs containing PTE markers are treated as non-empty
here (and not pointing to page tables), but after the commit "hugetlb:
split PTE markers when doing HGM walks", they are treated as empty.
I'll update the comment in that commit as well.

>
> > + *   ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM): could not allocate the new PMD
> > + */
> > +pmd_t *hugetlb_alloc_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
> > +             unsigned long addr)
> > +{
> > +     spinlock_t *ptl = hugetlb_pte_lockptr(hpte);
> > +     pmd_t *new;
> > +     pud_t *pudp;
> > +     pud_t pud;
> > +
> > +     if (hpte->level != HUGETLB_LEVEL_PUD)
> > +             return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
> > +
> > +     pudp = (pud_t *)hpte->ptep;
> > +retry:
> > +     pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
> > +     if (likely(pud_present(pud)))
> > +             return unlikely(pud_leaf(pud))
> > +                     ? ERR_PTR(-EEXIST)
> > +                     : pmd_offset(pudp, addr);
>
> ... it seems we return -EEXIST in the pud_leaf case.

This code is correct. :) We don't want to overwrite a leaf. Sorry for
the confusion!
  

Patch

diff --git a/include/linux/hugetlb.h b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
index eeacadf3272b..9d839519c875 100644
--- a/include/linux/hugetlb.h
+++ b/include/linux/hugetlb.h
@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@  unsigned long hugetlb_pte_mask(const struct hugetlb_pte *hpte)
 
 bool hugetlb_pte_present_leaf(const struct hugetlb_pte *hpte, pte_t pte);
 
+pmd_t *hugetlb_alloc_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
+		unsigned long addr);
+pte_t *hugetlb_alloc_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
+		unsigned long addr);
+
 struct hugepage_subpool {
 	spinlock_t lock;
 	long count;
diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index 6c74adff43b6..bb424cdf79e4 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -483,6 +483,120 @@  static bool has_same_uncharge_info(struct file_region *rg,
 #endif
 }
 
+/*
+ * hugetlb_alloc_pmd -- Allocate or find a PMD beneath a PUD-level hpte.
+ *
+ * This is meant to be used to implement hugetlb_walk_step when one must go to
+ * step down to a PMD. Different architectures may implement hugetlb_walk_step
+ * differently, but hugetlb_alloc_pmd and hugetlb_alloc_pte are architecture-
+ * independent.
+ *
+ * Returns:
+ *	On success: the pointer to the PMD. This should be placed into a
+ *		    hugetlb_pte. @hpte is not changed.
+ *	ERR_PTR(-EINVAL): hpte is not PUD-level
+ *	ERR_PTR(-EEXIST): there is a non-leaf and non-empty PUD in @hpte
+ *	ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM): could not allocate the new PMD
+ */
+pmd_t *hugetlb_alloc_pmd(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
+		unsigned long addr)
+{
+	spinlock_t *ptl = hugetlb_pte_lockptr(hpte);
+	pmd_t *new;
+	pud_t *pudp;
+	pud_t pud;
+
+	if (hpte->level != HUGETLB_LEVEL_PUD)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	pudp = (pud_t *)hpte->ptep;
+retry:
+	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
+	if (likely(pud_present(pud)))
+		return unlikely(pud_leaf(pud))
+			? ERR_PTR(-EEXIST)
+			: pmd_offset(pudp, addr);
+	else if (!pud_none(pud))
+		/*
+		 * Not present and not none means that a swap entry lives here,
+		 * and we can't get rid of it.
+		 */
+		return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
+
+	new = pmd_alloc_one(mm, addr);
+	if (!new)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	spin_lock(ptl);
+	if (!pud_same(pud, *pudp)) {
+		spin_unlock(ptl);
+		pmd_free(mm, new);
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
+	mm_inc_nr_pmds(mm);
+	smp_wmb(); /* See comment in pmd_install() */
+	pud_populate(mm, pudp, new);
+	spin_unlock(ptl);
+	return pmd_offset(pudp, addr);
+}
+
+/*
+ * hugetlb_alloc_pte -- Allocate a PTE beneath a pmd_none PMD-level hpte.
+ *
+ * See the comment above hugetlb_alloc_pmd.
+ */
+pte_t *hugetlb_alloc_pte(struct mm_struct *mm, struct hugetlb_pte *hpte,
+		unsigned long addr)
+{
+	spinlock_t *ptl = hugetlb_pte_lockptr(hpte);
+	pgtable_t new;
+	pmd_t *pmdp;
+	pmd_t pmd;
+
+	if (hpte->level != HUGETLB_LEVEL_PMD)
+		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
+
+	pmdp = (pmd_t *)hpte->ptep;
+retry:
+	pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
+	if (likely(pmd_present(pmd)))
+		return unlikely(pmd_leaf(pmd))
+			? ERR_PTR(-EEXIST)
+			: pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr);
+	else if (!pmd_none(pmd))
+		/*
+		 * Not present and not none means that a swap entry lives here,
+		 * and we can't get rid of it.
+		 */
+		return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
+
+	/*
+	 * With CONFIG_HIGHPTE, calling `pte_alloc_one` directly may result
+	 * in page tables being allocated in high memory, needing a kmap to
+	 * access. Instead, we call __pte_alloc_one directly with
+	 * GFP_PGTABLE_USER to prevent these PTEs being allocated in high
+	 * memory.
+	 */
+	new = __pte_alloc_one(mm, GFP_PGTABLE_USER);
+	if (!new)
+		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
+
+	spin_lock(ptl);
+	if (!pmd_same(pmd, *pmdp)) {
+		spin_unlock(ptl);
+		pgtable_pte_page_dtor(new);
+		__free_page(new);
+		goto retry;
+	}
+
+	mm_inc_nr_ptes(mm);
+	smp_wmb(); /* See comment in pmd_install() */
+	pmd_populate(mm, pmdp, new);
+	spin_unlock(ptl);
+	return pte_offset_kernel(pmdp, addr);
+}
+
 static void coalesce_file_region(struct resv_map *resv, struct file_region *rg)
 {
 	struct file_region *nrg, *prg;