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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-20 11:29:32 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2009-06-20 11:29:32 -0700
commit12e24f34cb0d55efd08c18b2112507d4bf498008 (patch)
tree83b07be17b8ef45f42360a3b9159b3aaae3fbad4 /arch/x86/mm/gup.c
parent1eb51c33b21ffa3fceb634d1d6bcd6488c79bc26 (diff)
parenteadc84cc01e04f9f74ec2de0c9355be035c7b396 (diff)
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Merge branch 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip
* 'perfcounters-fixes-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip: (49 commits)
  perfcounter: Handle some IO return values
  perf_counter: Push perf_sample_data through the swcounter code
  perf_counter tools: Define and use our own u64, s64 etc. definitions
  perf_counter: Close race in perf_lock_task_context()
  perf_counter, x86: Improve interactions with fast-gup
  perf_counter: Simplify and fix task migration counting
  perf_counter tools: Add a data file header
  perf_counter: Update userspace callchain sampling uses
  perf_counter: Make callchain samples extensible
  perf report: Filter to parent set by default
  perf_counter tools: Handle lost events
  perf_counter: Add event overlow handling
  fs: Provide empty .set_page_dirty() aop for anon inodes
  perf_counter: tools: Makefile tweaks for 64-bit powerpc
  perf_counter: powerpc: Add processor back-end for MPC7450 family
  perf_counter: powerpc: Make powerpc perf_counter code safe for 32-bit kernels
  perf_counter: powerpc: Change how processor-specific back-ends get selected
  perf_counter: powerpc: Use unsigned long for register and constraint values
  perf_counter: powerpc: Enable use of software counters on 32-bit powerpc
  perf_counter tools: Add and use isprint()
  ...
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/mm/gup.c')
-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/gup.c58
1 files changed, 57 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
index f97480941269..71da1bca13cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/gup.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 static inline pte_t gup_get_pte(pte_t *ptep)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_X86_PAE
-	return *ptep;
+	return ACCESS_ONCE(*ptep);
 #else
 	/*
 	 * With get_user_pages_fast, we walk down the pagetables without taking
@@ -219,6 +219,62 @@ static int gup_pud_range(pgd_t pgd, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Like get_user_pages_fast() except its IRQ-safe in that it won't fall
+ * back to the regular GUP.
+ */
+int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
+			  struct page **pages)
+{
+	struct mm_struct *mm = current->mm;
+	unsigned long addr, len, end;
+	unsigned long next;
+	unsigned long flags;
+	pgd_t *pgdp;
+	int nr = 0;
+
+	start &= PAGE_MASK;
+	addr = start;
+	len = (unsigned long) nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
+	end = start + len;
+	if (unlikely(!access_ok(write ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ,
+					(void __user *)start, len)))
+		return 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * XXX: batch / limit 'nr', to avoid large irq off latency
+	 * needs some instrumenting to determine the common sizes used by
+	 * important workloads (eg. DB2), and whether limiting the batch size
+	 * will decrease performance.
+	 *
+	 * It seems like we're in the clear for the moment. Direct-IO is
+	 * the main guy that batches up lots of get_user_pages, and even
+	 * they are limited to 64-at-a-time which is not so many.
+	 */
+	/*
+	 * This doesn't prevent pagetable teardown, but does prevent
+	 * the pagetables and pages from being freed on x86.
+	 *
+	 * So long as we atomically load page table pointers versus teardown
+	 * (which we do on x86, with the above PAE exception), we can follow the
+	 * address down to the the page and take a ref on it.
+	 */
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	pgdp = pgd_offset(mm, addr);
+	do {
+		pgd_t pgd = *pgdp;
+
+		next = pgd_addr_end(addr, end);
+		if (pgd_none(pgd))
+			break;
+		if (!gup_pud_range(pgd, addr, next, write, pages, &nr))
+			break;
+	} while (pgdp++, addr = next, addr != end);
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+
+	return nr;
+}
+
 /**
  * get_user_pages_fast() - pin user pages in memory
  * @start:	starting user address