kernel.git/mm/highmem.c, branch linux-2.6.32.y

highmem: Fix debug_kmap_atomic() to also handle KM_IRQ_PTE, KM_NMI, and KM_NMI_PTE

2009-11-10T03:15:47Z

Previously calling debug_kmap_atomic() with these types would cause spurious warnings. (triggered by SysProf using perf events) Signed-off-by: Soeren Sandmann Pedersen Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl Cc: # .31.x LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

highmem: Fix race in debug_kmap_atomic() which could cause warn_count to underflow

2009-11-10T03:15:32Z

debug_kmap_atomic() tries to prevent ever printing more than 10 warnings, but it does so by testing whether an unsigned integer is equal to 0. However, if the warning is caused by a nested IRQ, then this counter may underflow and the stream of warnings will never end. Fix that by using a signed integer instead. Signed-off-by: Soeren Sandmann Pedersen Cc: Linus Torvalds Cc: a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl Cc: # .31.x LKML-Reference: Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

block: remove some includings of blktrace_api.h

2009-06-16T09:19:36Z

When porting blktrace to tracepoints, we changed to trace/block.h for trace prober declarations. Signed-off-by: Li Zefan Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

mm: introduce debug_kmap_atomic

2009-04-01T15:59:14Z

x86 has debug_kmap_atomic_prot() which is error checking function for kmap_atomic. It is usefull for the other architectures, although it needs CONFIG_TRACE_IRQFLAGS_SUPPORT. This patch exposes it to the other architectures. Signed-off-by: Akinobu Mita Cc: Thomas Gleixner Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" Cc: Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

highmem: atomic highmem kmap page pinning

2009-03-16T01:01:21Z

Most ARM machines have a non IO coherent cache, meaning that the dma_map_*() set of functions must clean and/or invalidate the affected memory manually before DMA occurs. And because the majority of those machines have a VIVT cache, the cache maintenance operations must be performed using virtual addresses. When a highmem page is kunmap'd, its mapping (and cache) remains in place in case it is kmap'd again. However if dma_map_page() is then called with such a page, some cache maintenance on the remaining mapping must be performed. In that case, page_address(page) is non null and we can use that to synchronize the cache. It is unlikely but still possible for kmap() to race and recycle the virtual address obtained above, and use it for another page before some on-going cache invalidation loop in dma_map_page() is done. In that case, the new mapping could end up with dirty cache lines for another page, and the unsuspecting cache invalidation loop in dma_map_page() might simply discard those dirty cache lines resulting in data loss. For example, let's consider this sequence of events: - dma_map_page(..., DMA_FROM_DEVICE) is called on a highmem page. --> - vaddr = page_address(page) is non null. In this case it is likely that the page has valid cache lines associated with vaddr. Remember that the cache is VIVT. --> for (i = vaddr; i < vaddr + PAGE_SIZE; i += 32) invalidate_cache_line(i); *** preemption occurs in the middle of the loop above *** - kmap_high() is called for a different page. --> - last_pkmap_nr wraps to zero and flush_all_zero_pkmaps() is called. The pkmap_count value for the page passed to dma_map_page() above happens to be 1, so the page is unmapped. But prior to that, flush_cache_kmaps() cleared the cache for it. So far so good. - A fresh pkmap entry is assigned for this kmap request. The Murphy law says this pkmap entry will eventually happen to use the same vaddr as the one which used to belong to the other page being processed by dma_map_page() in the preempted thread above. - The kmap_high() caller start dirtying the cache using the just assigned virtual mapping for its page. *** the first thread is rescheduled *** - The for(...) loop is resumed, but now cached data belonging to a different physical page is being discarded ! And this is not only a preemption issue as ARM can be SMP as well, making the above scenario just as likely. Hence the need for some kind of pkmap page pinning which can be used in any context, primarily for the benefit of dma_map_page() on ARM. This provides the necessary interface to cope with the above issue if ARCH_NEEDS_KMAP_HIGH_GET is defined, otherwise the resulting code is unchanged. Signed-off-by: Nicolas Pitre Reviewed-by: MinChan Kim Acked-by: Andrew Morton

x86, pat: avoid highmem cache attribute aliasing

2008-08-15T15:22:57Z

Highmem code can leave ptes and tlb entries around for a given page even after kunmap, and after it has been freed. >From what I can gather, the PAT code may change the cache attributes of arbitrary physical addresses (ie. including highmem pages), which would result in aliases in the case that it operates on one of these lazy tlb highmem pages. Flushing kmaps should solve the problem. I've also just added code for conditional flushing if we haven't got any dangling highmem aliases -- this should help performance if we change page attributes frequently or systems that aren't using much highmem pages (eg. if < 4G RAM). Should be turned into 2 patches, but just for RFC... Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar

highmem: Export totalhigh_pages.

2008-07-20T05:39:46Z

Hash et al. sizing code in SCTP wants to make the calculation totalram_pages - totalhigh_pages, just like TCP. But this requires an export for the CONFIG_HIGHMEM case to work. Signed-off-by: David S. Miller

mm: highmem kernel-doc additions

2008-03-20T01:53:35Z

Add kernel-doc comments to highmem.c. Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

mm: remove fastcall from mm/

2008-02-05T17:44:18Z

fastcall is always defined to be empty, remove it [akpm@linux-foundation.org: coding-style fixes] Signed-off-by: Harvey Harrison Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Create the ZONE_MOVABLE zone

2007-07-17T17:22:59Z

The following 8 patches against 2.6.20-mm2 create a zone called ZONE_MOVABLE that is only usable by allocations that specify both __GFP_HIGHMEM and __GFP_MOVABLE. This has the effect of keeping all non-movable pages within a single memory partition while allowing movable allocations to be satisfied from either partition. The patches may be applied with the list-based anti-fragmentation patches that groups pages together based on mobility. The size of the zone is determined by a kernelcore= parameter specified at boot-time. This specifies how much memory is usable by non-movable allocations and the remainder is used for ZONE_MOVABLE. Any range of pages within ZONE_MOVABLE can be released by migrating the pages or by reclaiming. When selecting a zone to take pages from for ZONE_MOVABLE, there are two things to consider. First, only memory from the highest populated zone is used for ZONE_MOVABLE. On the x86, this is probably going to be ZONE_HIGHMEM but it would be ZONE_DMA on ppc64 or possibly ZONE_DMA32 on x86_64. Second, the amount of memory usable by the kernel will be spread evenly throughout NUMA nodes where possible. If the nodes are not of equal size, the amount of memory usable by the kernel on some nodes may be greater than others. By default, the zone is not as useful for hugetlb allocations because they are pinned and non-migratable (currently at least). A sysctl is provided that allows huge pages to be allocated from that zone. This means that the huge page pool can be resized to the size of ZONE_MOVABLE during the lifetime of the system assuming that pages are not mlocked. Despite huge pages being non-movable, we do not introduce additional external fragmentation of note as huge pages are always the largest contiguous block we care about. Credit goes to Andy Whitcroft for catching a large variety of problems during review of the patches. This patch creates an additional zone, ZONE_MOVABLE. This zone is only usable by allocations which specify both __GFP_HIGHMEM and __GFP_MOVABLE. Hot-added memory continues to be placed in their existing destination as there is no mechanism to redirect them to a specific zone. [y-goto@jp.fujitsu.com: Fix section mismatch of memory hotplug related code] [akpm@linux-foundation.org: various fixes] Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman Cc: Andy Whitcroft Signed-off-by: Yasunori Goto Cc: William Lee Irwin III Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds