linux/include/asm-alpha
Martin Schwidefsky 2f569afd9c CONFIG_HIGHPTE vs. sub-page page tables.
Background: I've implemented 1K/2K page tables for s390.  These sub-page
page tables are required to properly support the s390 virtualization
instruction with KVM.  The SIE instruction requires that the page tables
have 256 page table entries (pte) followed by 256 page status table entries
(pgste).  The pgstes are only required if the process is using the SIE
instruction.  The pgstes are updated by the hardware and by the hypervisor
for a number of reasons, one of them is dirty and reference bit tracking.
To avoid wasting memory the standard pte table allocation should return
1K/2K (31/64 bit) and 2K/4K if the process is using SIE.

Problem: Page size on s390 is 4K, page table size is 1K or 2K.  That means
the s390 version for pte_alloc_one cannot return a pointer to a struct
page.  Trouble is that with the CONFIG_HIGHPTE feature on x86 pte_alloc_one
cannot return a pointer to a pte either, since that would require more than
32 bit for the return value of pte_alloc_one (and the pte * would not be
accessible since its not kmapped).

Solution: The only solution I found to this dilemma is a new typedef: a
pgtable_t.  For s390 pgtable_t will be a (pte *) - to be introduced with a
later patch.  For everybody else it will be a (struct page *).  The
additional problem with the initialization of the ptl lock and the
NR_PAGETABLE accounting is solved with a constructor pgtable_page_ctor and
a destructor pgtable_page_dtor.  The page table allocation and free
functions need to call these two whenever a page table page is allocated or
freed.  pmd_populate will get a pgtable_t instead of a struct page pointer.
 To get the pgtable_t back from a pmd entry that has been installed with
pmd_populate a new function pmd_pgtable is added.  It replaces the pmd_page
call in free_pte_range and apply_to_pte_range.

Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: <linux-arch@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2008-02-08 09:22:42 -08:00
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8253pit.h
a.out-core.h aout: suppress A.OUT library support if !CONFIG_ARCH_SUPPORTS_AOUT 2008-02-08 09:22:30 -08:00
a.out.h aout: move STACK_TOP[_MAX] to asm/processor.h 2008-02-08 09:22:29 -08:00
agp_backend.h
agp.h x86: remove flush_agp_mappings() 2008-01-30 13:34:07 +01:00
atomic.h alpha: atomic_add_return() should return int 2008-02-05 09:44:21 -08:00
auxvec.h
barrier.h [PATCH] remove set_wmb - arch removal 2006-07-14 21:56:14 -07:00
bitops.h forbid asm/bitops.h direct inclusion 2007-10-19 11:53:41 -07:00
bug.h
bugs.h
byteorder.h
cache.h Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/ 2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
cacheflush.h [PATCH] Optimize D-cache alias handling on fork 2006-12-13 09:27:08 -08:00
checksum.h [NET]: Alpha checksum annotations and cleanups. 2006-12-02 21:23:01 -08:00
compiler.h alpha: build fixes - force architecture 2007-04-17 16:36:27 -07:00
console.h
core_apecs.h
core_cia.h Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/ 2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
core_irongate.h
core_lca.h
core_marvel.h
core_mcpcia.h alpha: fixes for specific machine types 2007-04-17 16:36:27 -07:00
core_polaris.h
core_t2.h ALPHA: correct low-level I/O routines for sable-lynx 2007-06-01 08:18:29 -07:00
core_titan.h ALPHA: support graphics on non-zero PCI domains 2007-06-01 08:18:29 -07:00
core_tsunami.h ALPHA: support graphics on non-zero PCI domains 2007-06-01 08:18:29 -07:00
core_wildfire.h ALPHA: misc fixes 2007-06-01 08:18:29 -07:00
cputime.h
current.h
delay.h
device.h Driver core: add dev_archdata to struct device 2006-12-01 14:52:01 -08:00
div64.h
dma-mapping.h [PATCH] dma-mapping.h stubs fix 2007-01-30 08:39:21 -08:00
dma.h Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/ 2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
elf.h Cleanup asm/{elf,page,user}.h: #ifdef __KERNEL__ is no longer needed 2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
emergency-restart.h
err_common.h
err_ev6.h
err_ev7.h
errno.h
fb.h fbdev: detect primary display device 2007-07-17 10:23:11 -07:00
fcntl.h Fix Alpha O_CLOEXEC definition 2007-08-09 08:39:22 -07:00
floppy.h cleanup floppy.h 2007-10-17 08:42:55 -07:00
fpu.h [PATCH] bitops: alpha: use config options instead of __alpha_fix__ and __alpha_cix__ 2006-03-26 08:57:09 -08:00
futex.h
gct.h
gentrap.h
hardirq.h Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/ 2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
hw_irq.h [PATCH] genirq: add ->retrigger() irq op to consolidate hw_irq_resend() 2006-06-29 10:26:23 -07:00
hwrpb.h
ide.h ide: add CONFIG_IDE_ARCH_OBSOLETE_INIT 2007-10-20 00:32:32 +02:00
io_trivial.h alpha: build fixes 2007-12-17 19:28:16 -08:00
io.h Remove dma_cache_(wback|inv|wback_inv) functions 2007-10-17 08:42:57 -07:00
ioctl.h
ioctls.h
ipcbuf.h
irq_regs.h [PATCH] minimal alpha pt_regs fixes 2006-10-07 10:51:14 -07:00
irq.h take declarations of enable_irq() et.al. to linux/interrupt.h 2007-07-22 11:44:00 -07:00
jensen.h
Kbuild [HEADERS] One line per header in Kbuild files to reduce conflicts 2006-09-19 12:43:58 +01:00
kdebug.h move die notifier handling to common code 2007-05-08 11:15:04 -07:00
kmap_types.h Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/ 2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
linkage.h
local.h local_t: alpha extension 2007-05-08 11:15:20 -07:00
machvec.h [PATCH] alpha pt_regs cleanups: machine_check() 2006-10-08 12:32:36 -07:00
mc146818rtc.h
md.h
mman.h [PATCH] Remove final references to deprecated "MAP_ANON" page protection flag 2007-02-11 10:51:17 -08:00
mmu_context.h alpha: fix hard_smp_processor_id compile error 2007-05-15 08:54:00 -07:00
mmu.h
mmzone.h [PATCH] Standardize pxx_page macros 2006-09-26 08:48:51 -07:00
module.h
msgbuf.h
mutex.h [PATCH] mutex subsystem, add default include/asm-*/mutex.h files 2006-01-09 15:59:19 -08:00
namei.h
page.h CONFIG_HIGHPTE vs. sub-page page tables. 2008-02-08 09:22:42 -08:00
pal.h
param.h avoid overflows in kernel/time.c 2008-02-08 09:22:39 -08:00
parport.h
pci.h iommu sg merging: alpha: make pci_iommu respect the segment size limits 2008-02-05 09:44:10 -08:00
percpu.h [PATCH] x86-64: Account for module percpu space separately from kernel percpu 2007-05-02 19:27:11 +02:00
pgalloc.h CONFIG_HIGHPTE vs. sub-page page tables. 2008-02-08 09:22:42 -08:00
pgtable.h page table handling cleanup 2007-07-16 09:05:36 -07:00
poll.h Consolidate asm/poll.h 2007-05-11 08:29:34 -07:00
posix_types.h [PATCH] FD_ZERO build fix 2007-01-11 18:18:22 -08:00
processor.h aout: move STACK_TOP[_MAX] to asm/processor.h 2008-02-08 09:22:29 -08:00
ptrace.h alpha: convert to generic sys_ptrace 2007-10-16 09:43:03 -07:00
reg.h
regdef.h
resource.h
rtc.h
rwsem.h [PATCH] lockdep: remove RWSEM_DEBUG remnants 2006-07-03 15:27:01 -07:00
scatterlist.h Add CONFIG_DEBUG_SG sg validation 2007-10-22 21:20:03 +02:00
sections.h
segment.h
semaphore.h kill DECLARE_MUTEX_LOCKED 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
sembuf.h
serial.h Don't include linux/config.h from anywhere else in include/ 2006-04-26 12:56:16 +01:00
setup.h
sfp-machine.h
shmbuf.h
shmparam.h
sigcontext.h
siginfo.h
signal.h [PATCH] irq-flags: ALPHA: Use the new IRQF_ constants 2006-07-02 13:58:46 -07:00
smp.h Remove hardcoding of hard_smp_processor_id on UP systems 2007-05-09 12:30:48 -07:00
socket.h [NET]: Introducing socket mark socket option. 2008-01-31 19:27:19 -08:00
sockios.h [NET]: Introduce SIOCGSTAMPNS ioctl to get timestamps with nanosec resolution 2007-04-25 22:24:04 -07:00
spinlock_types.h
spinlock.h [PATCH] Directed yield: cpu_relax variants for spinlocks and rw-locks 2006-10-01 00:39:21 -07:00
stat.h
statfs.h
string.h [STRING]: Move strcasecmp/strncasecmp to lib/string.c 2007-04-26 01:54:39 -07:00
suspend.h
sysinfo.h
system.h Add cmpxchg64 and cmpxchg64_local to alpha 2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
termbits.h [PATCH] tty: preparatory structures for termios revamp 2006-12-08 08:28:56 -08:00
termios.h alpha termios.h hadn't been updated 2007-07-17 11:01:07 -07:00
thread_info.h remove unused TIF_NOTIFY_RESUME flag 2007-07-31 15:39:38 -07:00
timex.h
tlb.h add mm argument to pte/pmd/pud/pgd_free 2008-02-05 09:44:18 -08:00
tlbflush.h alpha: fix warning by fixing flush_tlb_kernel_range() 2008-02-05 09:44:22 -08:00
topology.h [PATCH] more for_each_cpu() conversions 2006-03-23 07:38:17 -08:00
types.h
uaccess.h
ucontext.h
unaligned.h
unistd.h Alpha doesn't use socketcall 2008-02-05 09:44:21 -08:00
user.h Sanitize the type of struct user.u_ar0 2008-02-07 08:42:30 -08:00
vga.h ALPHA: support graphics on non-zero PCI domains 2007-06-01 08:18:29 -07:00
xor.h