[PATCH] [27/36] CPA: Only queue actually unused page table pages for freeing

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To: <linux-kernel@...>, <mingo@...>, <tglx@...>, <jbeulich@...>, <venkatesh.pallipadi@...>
Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 6:15 pm

With the separate data structure added for flush earlier it is only
needed to call save_page() now on pte pages that have been already reverted.

Also move all freeing checks into the caller.

Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
Acked-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com>

---
 arch/x86/mm/pageattr_32.c |    4 +---
 arch/x86/mm/pageattr_64.c |    7 +++----
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Index: linux/arch/x86/mm/pageattr_32.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/mm/pageattr_32.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/mm/pageattr_32.c
@@ -270,9 +270,9 @@ __change_page_attr(struct page *page, pg
 	 * replace it with a largepage.
 	 */
 
-	save_page(kpte_page);
 	if (!PageReserved(kpte_page)) {
 		if (cpu_has_pse && (page_private(kpte_page) == 0)) {
+			save_page(kpte_page);
 			paravirt_release_pt(page_to_pfn(kpte_page));
 			revert_page(kpte_page, address);
 		}
@@ -349,8 +349,6 @@ void global_flush_tlb(void)
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(pg, next, &free_pages, lru) {
 		list_del(&pg->lru);
 		ClearPageDeferred(pg);
-		if (PageReserved(pg) || !cpu_has_pse || page_private(pg) != 0)
-			continue;
 		ClearPagePrivate(pg);
 		__free_page(pg);
 	}
Index: linux/arch/x86/mm/pageattr_64.c
===================================================================
--- linux.orig/arch/x86/mm/pageattr_64.c
+++ linux/arch/x86/mm/pageattr_64.c
@@ -243,9 +243,10 @@ __change_page_attr(unsigned long address
 		BUG();
 	}
 
-	save_page(kpte_page);
-	if (!PageReserved(kpte_page) && page_private(kpte_page) == 0)
+	if (!PageReserved(kpte_page) && page_private(kpte_page) == 0) {
+		save_page(kpte_page);
 		revert_page(address, ref_prot);
+	}
 	return 0;
 } 
 
@@ -335,8 +336,6 @@ void global_flush_tlb(void)
 		if (PageReserved(pg))
 			continue;
 		ClearPageDeferred(pg);
-		if (page_private(pg) != 0)
-			continue;
 		ClearPagePrivate(pg);
 		__free_page(pg);
 	} 
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[PATCH] [35/36] Remove set_kernel_exec, Andi Kleen, (Wed Jan 16, 6:15 pm)
[PATCH] [36/36] Clean up pte_exec, Andi Kleen, (Wed Jan 16, 6:15 pm)
[PATCH] [27/36] CPA: Only queue actually unused page table p..., Andi Kleen, (Wed Jan 16, 6:15 pm)
[PATCH] [14/36] CPA: Add simple self test at boot, Andi Kleen, (Wed Jan 16, 6:15 pm)
[PATCH] [10/36] Add pte_pgprot on i386, Andi Kleen, (Wed Jan 16, 6:15 pm)
[PATCH] [9/36] Add pte accessors for the global bit, Andi Kleen, (Wed Jan 16, 6:15 pm)
[PATCH] [8/36] CPA: Do a simple self test at boot, Andi Kleen, (Wed Jan 16, 6:15 pm)
[PATCH] [4/36] CPA: Undo white space changes, Andi Kleen, (Wed Jan 16, 6:15 pm)
[PATCH] [1/36] Undo pat cpa patch, Andi Kleen, (Wed Jan 16, 6:14 pm)