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Convert all instances of direct pte_t* dereferencing to instead use ptep_get() helper. This means that by default, the accesses change from a C dereference to a READ_ONCE(). This is technically the correct thing to do since where pgtables are modified by HW (for access/dirty) they are volatile and therefore we should always ensure READ_ONCE() semantics. But more importantly, by always using the helper, it can be overridden by the architecture to fully encapsulate the contents of the pte. Arch code is deliberately not converted, as the arch code knows best. It is intended that arch code (arm64) will override the default with its own implementation that can (e.g.) hide certain bits from the core code, or determine young/dirty status by mixing in state from another source. Conversion was done using Coccinelle: ---- // $ make coccicheck \ // COCCI=ptepget.cocci \ // SPFLAGS="--include-headers" \ // MODE=patch virtual patch @ depends on patch @ pte_t *v; @@ - *v + ptep_get(v) ---- Then reviewed and hand-edited to avoid multiple unnecessary calls to ptep_get(), instead opting to store the result of a single call in a variable, where it is correct to do so. This aims to negate any cost of READ_ONCE() and will benefit arch-overrides that may be more complex. Included is a fix for an issue in an earlier version of this patch that was pointed out by kernel test robot. The issue arose because config MMU=n elides definition of the ptep helper functions, including ptep_get(). HUGETLB_PAGE=n configs still define a simple huge_ptep_clear_flush() for linking purposes, which dereferences the ptep. So when both configs are disabled, this caused a build error because ptep_get() is not defined. Fix by continuing to do a direct dereference when MMU=n. This is safe because for this config the arch code cannot be trying to virtualize the ptes because none of the ptep helpers are defined. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20230612151545.3317766-4-ryan.roberts@arm.com Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202305120142.yXsNEo6H-lkp@intel.com/ Signed-off-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com> Cc: Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@intel.com> Cc: Alexander Potapenko <glider@google.com> Cc: Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> Cc: Alex Williamson <alex.williamson@redhat.com> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk> Cc: Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@gmail.com> Cc: Andrey Ryabinin <ryabinin.a.a@gmail.com> Cc: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Cc: Daniel Vetter <daniel@ffwll.ch> Cc: Dave Airlie <airlied@gmail.com> Cc: Dimitri Sivanich <dimitri.sivanich@hpe.com> Cc: Dmitry Vyukov <dvyukov@google.com> Cc: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com> Cc: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@ziepe.ca> Cc: Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@redhat.com> Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org> Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org> Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lstoakes@gmail.com> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> Cc: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@huawei.com> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@kernel.org> Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Cc: Mike Rapoport (IBM) <rppt@kernel.org> Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev> Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> Cc: Naoya Horiguchi <naoya.horiguchi@nec.com> Cc: Oleksandr Tyshchenko <oleksandr_tyshchenko@epam.com> Cc: Pavel Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com> Cc: Roman Gushchin <roman.gushchin@linux.dev> Cc: SeongJae Park <sj@kernel.org> Cc: Shakeel Butt <shakeelb@google.com> Cc: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com> Cc: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com> Cc: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.