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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/pagewalk.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/pagewalk.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/pagewalk.h b/include/linux/pagewalk.h index f5eb5a32aeed..9700a29f8afb 100644 --- a/include/linux/pagewalk.h +++ b/include/linux/pagewalk.h @@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ enum page_walk_lock { * this handler is required to be able to handle * pmd_trans_huge() pmds. They may simply choose to * split_huge_page() instead of handling it explicitly. - * @pte_entry: if set, called for each PTE (lowest-level) entry, - * including empty ones + * @pte_entry: if set, called for each PTE (lowest-level) entry + * including empty ones, except if @install_pte is set. + * If @install_pte is set, @pte_entry is called only for + * existing PTEs. * @pte_hole: if set, called for each hole at all levels, * depth is -1 if not known, 0:PGD, 1:P4D, 2:PUD, 3:PMD. * Any folded depths (where PTRS_PER_P?D is equal to 1) - * are skipped. + * are skipped. If @install_pte is specified, this will + * not trigger for any populated ranges. * @hugetlb_entry: if set, called for each hugetlb entry. This hook * function is called with the vma lock held, in order to * protect against a concurrent freeing of the pte_t* or @@ -51,6 +54,13 @@ enum page_walk_lock { * @pre_vma: if set, called before starting walk on a non-null vma. * @post_vma: if set, called after a walk on a non-null vma, provided * that @pre_vma and the vma walk succeeded. + * @install_pte: if set, missing page table entries are installed and + * thus all levels are always walked in the specified + * range. This callback is then invoked at the PTE level + * (having split any THP pages prior), providing the PTE to + * install. If allocations fail, the walk is aborted. This + * operation is only available for userland memory. Not + * usable for hugetlb ranges. * * p?d_entry callbacks are called even if those levels are folded on a * particular architecture/configuration. @@ -76,6 +86,8 @@ struct mm_walk_ops { int (*pre_vma)(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, struct mm_walk *walk); void (*post_vma)(struct mm_walk *walk); + int (*install_pte)(unsigned long addr, unsigned long next, + pte_t *ptep, struct mm_walk *walk); enum page_walk_lock walk_lock; }; |