Subject: Re: [RFC v3 02/23] powerpc: introduce set_hidx_slot helper

From: Balbir Singh <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 09:03:18 +1000

On Wed, 2017-06-21 at 18:39 -0700, Ram Pai wrote:
> Introduce set_hidx_slot() which sets the (H_PAGE_F_SECOND|H_PAGE_F_GIX)
> bits at  the  appropriate  location  in  the  PTE  of  4K  PTE.  In the
> case of 64K PTE, it sets the bits in the second part of the PTE. Though
> the implementation for the former just needs the slot parameter, it does
> take some additional parameters to keep the prototype consistent.
> 
> This function will come in handy as we  work  towards  re-arranging the
> bits in the later patches.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ram Pai <[email-masked]>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-4k.h  |  7 +++++++
>  arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 23 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-4k.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-4k.h
> index 9c2c8f1..cef644c 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-4k.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-4k.h
> @@ -55,6 +55,13 @@ static inline int hash__hugepd_ok(hugepd_t hpd)
>  }
>  #endif
>  
> +static inline unsigned long set_hidx_slot(pte_t *ptep, real_pte_t rpte,
> +			unsigned int subpg_index, unsigned long slot)
> +{
> +	return (slot << H_PAGE_F_GIX_SHIFT) &
> +		(H_PAGE_F_SECOND | H_PAGE_F_GIX);
> +}
> +

A comment on top would help explain that 4k and 64k are different, 64k
is a new layout.

>  #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
>  
>  static inline char *get_hpte_slot_array(pmd_t *pmdp)
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h
> index 3f49941..4bac70a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/hash-64k.h
> @@ -75,6 +75,22 @@ static inline unsigned long __rpte_to_hidx(real_pte_t rpte, unsigned long index)
>  	return (pte_val(rpte.pte) >> H_PAGE_F_GIX_SHIFT) & 0xf;
>  }
>  
> +static inline unsigned long set_hidx_slot(pte_t *ptep, real_pte_t rpte,
> +		unsigned int subpg_index, unsigned long slot)
> +{
> +	unsigned long *hidxp = (unsigned long *)(ptep + PTRS_PER_PTE);
> +
> +	rpte.hidx &= ~(0xfUL << (subpg_index << 2));
> +	*hidxp = rpte.hidx  | (slot << (subpg_index << 2));
> +	/*
> +	 * Avoid race with __real_pte()
> +	 * hidx must be committed to memory before committing
> +	 * the pte.
> +	 */
> +	smp_wmb();

Whats the other paired barrier, is it in set_pte()?

> +	return 0x0UL;
> +}

We return 0 here and slot information for 4k pages, it is not that
clear

Balbir Singh.