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Diffstat (limited to 'fs')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/proc/task_mmu.c | 35 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c index a18e065c1c3e..dbf61f6174f0 100644 --- a/fs/proc/task_mmu.c +++ b/fs/proc/task_mmu.c @@ -689,6 +689,23 @@ const struct file_operations proc_tid_smaps_operations = { .release = seq_release_private, }; +/* + * We do not want to have constant page-shift bits sitting in + * pagemap entries and are about to reuse them some time soon. + * + * Here's the "migration strategy": + * 1. when the system boots these bits remain what they are, + * but a warning about future change is printed in log; + * 2. once anyone clears soft-dirty bits via clear_refs file, + * these flag is set to denote, that user is aware of the + * new API and those page-shift bits change their meaning. + * The respective warning is printed in dmesg; + * 3. In a couple of releases we will remove all the mentions + * of page-shift in pagemap entries. + */ + +static bool soft_dirty_cleared __read_mostly; + enum clear_refs_types { CLEAR_REFS_ALL = 1, CLEAR_REFS_ANON, @@ -778,6 +795,13 @@ static ssize_t clear_refs_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, type = (enum clear_refs_types)itype; if (type < CLEAR_REFS_ALL || type >= CLEAR_REFS_LAST) return -EINVAL; + + if (type == CLEAR_REFS_SOFT_DIRTY) { + soft_dirty_cleared = true; + pr_warn_once("The pagemap bits 55-60 has changed their meaning! " + "See the linux/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt for details.\n"); + } + task = get_proc_task(file_inode(file)); if (!task) return -ESRCH; @@ -1091,7 +1115,7 @@ static ssize_t pagemap_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, if (!count) goto out_task; - pm.v2 = false; + pm.v2 = soft_dirty_cleared; pm.len = PM_ENTRY_BYTES * (PAGEMAP_WALK_SIZE >> PAGE_SHIFT); pm.buffer = kmalloc(pm.len, GFP_TEMPORARY); ret = -ENOMEM; @@ -1164,9 +1188,18 @@ out: return ret; } +static int pagemap_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file) +{ + pr_warn_once("Bits 55-60 of /proc/PID/pagemap entries are about " + "to stop being page-shift some time soon. See the " + "linux/Documentation/vm/pagemap.txt for details.\n"); + return 0; +} + const struct file_operations proc_pagemap_operations = { .llseek = mem_lseek, /* borrow this */ .read = pagemap_read, + .open = pagemap_open, }; #endif /* CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR */ |