mm: introduce pte_special pte bit

s390 for one, cannot implement VM_MIXEDMAP with pfn_valid, due to their memory
model (which is more dynamic than most).  Instead, they had proposed to
implement it with an additional path through vm_normal_page(), using a bit in
the pte to determine whether or not the page should be refcounted:

vm_normal_page()
{
	...
        if (unlikely(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP))) {
                if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MIXEDMAP) {
#ifdef s390
			if (!mixedmap_refcount_pte(pte))
				return NULL;
#else
                        if (!pfn_valid(pfn))
                                return NULL;
#endif
                        goto out;
                }
	...
}

This is fine, however if we are allowed to use a bit in the pte to determine
refcountedness, we can use that to _completely_ replace all the vma based
schemes.  So instead of adding more cases to the already complex vma-based
scheme, we can have a clearly seperate and simple pte-based scheme (and get
slightly better code generation in the process):

vm_normal_page()
{
#ifdef s390
	if (!mixedmap_refcount_pte(pte))
		return NULL;
	return pte_page(pte);
#else
	...
#endif
}

And finally, we may rather make this concept usable by any architecture rather
than making it s390 only, so implement a new type of pte state for this.
Unfortunately the old vma based code must stay, because some architectures may
not be able to spare pte bits.  This makes vm_normal_page a little bit more
ugly than we would like, but the 2 cases are clearly seperate.

So introduce a pte_special pte state, and use it in mm/memory.c.  It is
currently a noop for all architectures, so this doesn't actually result in any
compiled code changes to mm/memory.o.

BTW:
I haven't put vm_normal_page() into arch code as-per an earlier suggestion.
The reason is that, regardless of where vm_normal_page is actually
implemented, the *abstraction* is still exactly the same. Also, while it
depends on whether the architecture has pte_special or not, that is the
only two possible cases, and it really isn't an arch specific function --
the role of the arch code should be to provide primitive functions and
accessors with which to build the core code; pte_special does that. We do
not want architectures to know or care about vm_normal_page itself, and
we definitely don't want them being able to invent something new there
out of sight of mm/ code. If we made vm_normal_page an arch function, then
we have to make vm_insert_mixed (next patch) an arch function too. So I
don't think moving it to arch code fundamentally improves any abstractions,
while it does practically make the code more difficult to follow, for both
mm and arch developers, and easier to misuse.

[akpm@linux-foundation.org: build fix]
Signed-off-by: Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>
Acked-by: Carsten Otte <cotte@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Jared Hulbert <jaredeh@gmail.com>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

25 files changed, 168 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-alpha/pgtable.h b/include/asm-alpha/pgtable.h
index 99037b032357..05ce5fba43e3 100644
--- a/include/asm-alpha/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-alpha/pgtable.h
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ extern inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)		{ return !(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FOW); }
 extern inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
 extern inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 extern inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
+extern inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return 0; }
 
 extern inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_FOW; return pte; }
 extern inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~(__DIRTY_BITS); return pte; }
@@ -275,6 +276,7 @@ extern inline pte_t pte_mkold(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~(__ACCESS_BITS); ret
 extern inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~_PAGE_FOW; return pte; }
 extern inline pte_t pte_mkdirty(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) |= __DIRTY_BITS; return pte; }
 extern inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) |= __ACCESS_BITS; return pte; }
+extern inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)	{ return pte; }
 
 #define PAGE_DIR_OFFSET(tsk,address) pgd_offset((tsk),(address))
 
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/pgtable.h b/include/asm-arm/pgtable.h
index 5e0182485d8c..5571c13c3f3b 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/pgtable.h
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ extern struct page *empty_zero_page;
 #define pte_write(pte)		(pte_val(pte) & L_PTE_WRITE)
 #define pte_dirty(pte)		(pte_val(pte) & L_PTE_DIRTY)
 #define pte_young(pte)		(pte_val(pte) & L_PTE_YOUNG)
+#define pte_special(pte)	(0)
 
 /*
  * The following only works if pte_present() is not true.
@@ -280,6 +281,8 @@ PTE_BIT_FUNC(mkdirty,   |= L_PTE_DIRTY);
 PTE_BIT_FUNC(mkold,     &= ~L_PTE_YOUNG);
 PTE_BIT_FUNC(mkyoung,   |= L_PTE_YOUNG);
 
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte) { return pte; }
+
 /*
  * Mark the prot value as uncacheable and unbufferable.
  */
diff --git a/include/asm-avr32/pgtable.h b/include/asm-avr32/pgtable.h
index 3ae7b548fce7..c0e5e29417df 100644
--- a/include/asm-avr32/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-avr32/pgtable.h
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)
 {
 	return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED;
 }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
 
 /*
  * The following only work if pte_present() is not true.
@@ -252,6 +256,10 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)
 	set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) | _PAGE_ACCESSED));
 	return pte;
 }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return pte;
+}
 
 #define pmd_none(x)	(!pmd_val(x))
 #define pmd_present(x)	(pmd_val(x) & _PAGE_PRESENT)
diff --git a/include/asm-cris/pgtable.h b/include/asm-cris/pgtable.h
index a2607575681b..4c373624ee97 100644
--- a/include/asm-cris/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-cris/pgtable.h
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)          { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_WR
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)          { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_MODIFIED; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)          { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)           { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return 0; }
 
 static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)
 {
@@ -162,6 +163,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)
         }
         return pte;
 }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)	{ return pte; }
 
 /*
  * Conversion functions: convert a page and protection to a page entry,
diff --git a/include/asm-frv/pgtable.h b/include/asm-frv/pgtable.h
index 4e219046fe42..83c51aba534b 100644
--- a/include/asm-frv/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-frv/pgtable.h
@@ -380,6 +380,7 @@ static inline pmd_t *pmd_offset(pud_t *dir, unsigned long address)
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return (pte).pte & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)		{ return (pte).pte & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)		{ return !((pte).pte & _PAGE_WP); }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return 0; }
 
 static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)	{ (pte).pte &= ~_PAGE_DIRTY; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkold(pte_t pte)	{ (pte).pte &= ~_PAGE_ACCESSED; return pte; }
@@ -387,6 +388,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)	{ (pte).pte |= _PAGE_WP; return pte
 static inline pte_t pte_mkdirty(pte_t pte)	{ (pte).pte |= _PAGE_DIRTY; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)	{ (pte).pte |= _PAGE_ACCESSED; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)	{ (pte).pte &= ~_PAGE_WP; return pte; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)	{ return pte; }
 
 static inline int ptep_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/pgtable.h b/include/asm-ia64/pgtable.h
index ed70862ea247..7a9bff47564f 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/pgtable.h
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ ia64_phys_addr_valid (unsigned long addr)
 #define pte_dirty(pte)		((pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_D) != 0)
 #define pte_young(pte)		((pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_A) != 0)
 #define pte_file(pte)		((pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE) != 0)
+#define pte_special(pte)	0
+
 /*
  * Note: we convert AR_RWX to AR_RX and AR_RW to AR_R by clearing the 2nd bit in the
  * access rights:
@@ -313,6 +315,7 @@ ia64_phys_addr_valid (unsigned long addr)
 #define pte_mkclean(pte)	(__pte(pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_D))
 #define pte_mkdirty(pte)	(__pte(pte_val(pte) | _PAGE_D))
 #define pte_mkhuge(pte)		(__pte(pte_val(pte)))
+#define pte_mkspecial(pte)	(pte)
 
 /*
  * Because ia64's Icache and Dcache is not coherent (on a cpu), we need to
diff --git a/include/asm-m32r/pgtable.h b/include/asm-m32r/pgtable.h
index 86505387be08..e6359c566b50 100644
--- a/include/asm-m32r/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-m32r/pgtable.h
@@ -214,6 +214,11 @@ static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)
 	return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE;
 }
 
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)
 {
 	pte_val(pte) &= ~_PAGE_DIRTY;
@@ -250,6 +255,11 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)
 	return pte;
 }
 
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return pte;
+}
+
 static inline  int ptep_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
 {
 	return test_and_clear_bit(_PAGE_BIT_ACCESSED, ptep);
diff --git a/include/asm-m68k/motorola_pgtable.h b/include/asm-m68k/motorola_pgtable.h
index 13135d4821d8..8e9a8a754dde 100644
--- a/include/asm-m68k/motorola_pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-m68k/motorola_pgtable.h
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)		{ return !(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_RONLY);
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return 0; }
 
 static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_RONLY; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~_PAGE_DIRTY; return pte; }
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkcache(pte_t pte)
 	pte_val(pte) = (pte_val(pte) & _CACHEMASK040) | m68k_supervisor_cachemode;
 	return pte;
 }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)	{ return pte; }
 
 #define PAGE_DIR_OFFSET(tsk,address) pgd_offset((tsk),(address))
 
diff --git a/include/asm-m68k/sun3_pgtable.h b/include/asm-m68k/sun3_pgtable.h
index b766fc261bde..f847ec732d62 100644
--- a/include/asm-m68k/sun3_pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-m68k/sun3_pgtable.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & SUN3_PAGE_WRITEA
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & SUN3_PAGE_MODIFIED; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & SUN3_PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & SUN3_PAGE_ACCESSED; }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return 0; }
 
 static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~SUN3_PAGE_WRITEABLE; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~SUN3_PAGE_MODIFIED; return pte; }
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mknocache(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) |= SUN3_PAGE_NOCACHE
 //static inline pte_t pte_mkcache(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) &= SUN3_PAGE_NOCACHE; return pte; }
 // until then, use:
 static inline pte_t pte_mkcache(pte_t pte)	{ return pte; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)	{ return pte; }
 
 extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD];
 extern pgd_t kernel_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD];
diff --git a/include/asm-mips/pgtable.h b/include/asm-mips/pgtable.h
index 17a7703a2969..782221e57c0a 100644
--- a/include/asm-mips/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-mips/pgtable.h
@@ -285,6 +285,8 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)
 	return pte;
 }
 #endif
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return 0; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)	{ return pte; }
 
 /*
  * Macro to make mark a page protection value as "uncacheable".  Note
diff --git a/include/asm-mn10300/pgtable.h b/include/asm-mn10300/pgtable.h
index 375c4941deda..6dc30fc827c4 100644
--- a/include/asm-mn10300/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-mn10300/pgtable.h
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ static inline int pte_read(pte_t pte)	{ return pte_val(pte) & __PAGE_PROT_USER;
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)	{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)	{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)	{ return pte_val(pte) & __PAGE_PROT_WRITE; }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte){ return 0; }
 
 /*
  * The following only works if pte_present() is not true.
@@ -265,6 +266,8 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)
 	return pte;
 }
 
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)	{ return pte; }
+
 #define pte_ERROR(e) \
 	printk(KERN_ERR "%s:%d: bad pte %08lx.\n", \
 	       __FILE__, __LINE__, pte_val(e))
diff --git a/include/asm-parisc/pgtable.h b/include/asm-parisc/pgtable.h
index dc86adbec916..470a4b88124d 100644
--- a/include/asm-parisc/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-parisc/pgtable.h
@@ -323,6 +323,7 @@ static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_WRITE; }
 static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return 0; }
 
 static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~_PAGE_DIRTY; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkold(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~_PAGE_ACCESSED; return pte; }
@@ -330,6 +331,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~_PAGE_WRITE; ret
 static inline pte_t pte_mkdirty(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_DIRTY; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_ACCESSED; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)	{ pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_WRITE; return pte; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)	{ return pte; }
 
 /*
  * Conversion functions: convert a page and protection to a page entry,
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc32.h b/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc32.h
index daea7692d070..7c97b5a08d08 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc32.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc32.h
@@ -504,6 +504,7 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_RW; }
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return 0; }
 
 static inline void pte_uncache(pte_t pte)       { pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_NO_CACHE; }
 static inline void pte_cache(pte_t pte)         { pte_val(pte) &= ~_PAGE_NO_CACHE; }
@@ -521,6 +522,8 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkdirty(pte_t pte) {
 	pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_DIRTY; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte) {
 	pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_ACCESSED; return pte; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte) {
+	return pte; }
 
 static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc64.h b/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc64.h
index dd4c26dc57d2..27f18695f7d6 100644
--- a/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc64.h
+++ b/include/asm-powerpc/pgtable-ppc64.h
@@ -239,6 +239,7 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_RW;}
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY;}
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED;}
 static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE;}
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte) { return 0; }
 
 static inline void pte_uncache(pte_t pte) { pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_NO_CACHE; }
 static inline void pte_cache(pte_t pte)   { pte_val(pte) &= ~_PAGE_NO_CACHE; }
@@ -257,6 +258,8 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte) {
 	pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_ACCESSED; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkhuge(pte_t pte) {
 	return pte; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte) {
+	return pte; }
 
 /* Atomic PTE updates */
 static inline unsigned long pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm,
diff --git a/include/asm-ppc/pgtable.h b/include/asm-ppc/pgtable.h
index 70435d32129a..55f9d38e3bf8 100644
--- a/include/asm-ppc/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-ppc/pgtable.h
@@ -483,6 +483,7 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_RW; }
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)		{ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)	{ return 0; }
 
 static inline void pte_uncache(pte_t pte)       { pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_NO_CACHE; }
 static inline void pte_cache(pte_t pte)         { pte_val(pte) &= ~_PAGE_NO_CACHE; }
@@ -500,6 +501,8 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkdirty(pte_t pte) {
 	pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_DIRTY; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte) {
 	pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_ACCESSED; return pte; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte) {
+	return pte; }
 
 static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte, pgprot_t newprot)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h b/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h
index 4c0698c0dda5..76e8a7904e8a 100644
--- a/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-s390/pgtable.h
@@ -518,6 +518,11 @@ static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)
 	return (pte_val(pte) & mask) == _PAGE_TYPE_FILE;
 }
 
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SAME
 #define pte_same(a,b)  (pte_val(a) == pte_val(b))
 
@@ -715,6 +720,11 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)
 	return pte;
 }
 
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return pte;
+}
+
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_TEST_AND_CLEAR_YOUNG
 static inline int ptep_test_and_clear_young(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
 					    unsigned long addr, pte_t *ptep)
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/pgtable_32.h b/include/asm-sh/pgtable_32.h
index 3e3557c53c55..cbc731d35c25 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/pgtable_32.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/pgtable_32.h
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ static inline void set_pte(pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
 #define pte_dirty(pte)		((pte).pte_low & _PAGE_DIRTY)
 #define pte_young(pte)		((pte).pte_low & _PAGE_ACCESSED)
 #define pte_file(pte)		((pte).pte_low & _PAGE_FILE)
+#define pte_special(pte)	(0)
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X2TLB
 #define pte_write(pte)		((pte).pte_high & _PAGE_EXT_USER_WRITE)
@@ -356,6 +357,8 @@ PTE_BIT_FUNC(low, mkdirty, |= _PAGE_DIRTY);
 PTE_BIT_FUNC(low, mkold, &= ~_PAGE_ACCESSED);
 PTE_BIT_FUNC(low, mkyoung, |= _PAGE_ACCESSED);
 
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte) { return pte; }
+
 /*
  * Macro and implementation to make a page protection as uncachable.
  */
diff --git a/include/asm-sh/pgtable_64.h b/include/asm-sh/pgtable_64.h
index f9dd9d311441..c78990cda557 100644
--- a/include/asm-sh/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/include/asm-sh/pgtable_64.h
@@ -254,10 +254,11 @@ extern void __handle_bad_pmd_kernel(pmd_t * pmd);
 /*
  * The following have defined behavior only work if pte_present() is true.
  */
-static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte){ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
-static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte){ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
-static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
-static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte){ return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_WRITE; }
+static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte)  { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
+static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte)  { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
+static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)   { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
+static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)  { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_WRITE; }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte){ return 0; }
 
 static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_WRITE)); return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) & ~_PAGE_DIRTY)); return pte; }
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) |
 static inline pte_t pte_mkdirty(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) | _PAGE_DIRTY)); return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) | _PAGE_ACCESSED)); return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkhuge(pte_t pte)	{ set_pte(&pte, __pte(pte_val(pte) | _PAGE_SZHUGE)); return pte; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)	{ return pte; }
 
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc/pgtable.h b/include/asm-sparc/pgtable.h
index 2cc235b74d94..d84af6d95f5c 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc/pgtable.h
@@ -219,6 +219,11 @@ static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)
 	return pte_val(pte) & BTFIXUP_HALF(pte_filei);
 }
 
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  */
 BTFIXUPDEF_HALF(pte_wrprotecti)
@@ -251,6 +256,8 @@ BTFIXUPDEF_CALL_CONST(pte_t, pte_mkyoung, pte_t)
 #define pte_mkdirty(pte) BTFIXUP_CALL(pte_mkdirty)(pte)
 #define pte_mkyoung(pte) BTFIXUP_CALL(pte_mkyoung)(pte)
 
+#define pte_mkspecial(pte)    (pte)
+
 #define pfn_pte(pfn, prot)		mk_pte(pfn_to_page(pfn), prot)
 
 BTFIXUPDEF_CALL(unsigned long,	 pte_pfn, pte_t)
diff --git a/include/asm-sparc64/pgtable.h b/include/asm-sparc64/pgtable.h
index 549e45266b68..0e200e7acec7 100644
--- a/include/asm-sparc64/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-sparc64/pgtable.h
@@ -506,6 +506,11 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)
 	return __pte(pte_val(pte) | mask);
 }
 
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return pte;
+}
+
 static inline unsigned long pte_young(pte_t pte)
 {
 	unsigned long mask;
@@ -608,6 +613,11 @@ static inline unsigned long pte_present(pte_t pte)
 	return val;
 }
 
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #define pmd_set(pmdp, ptep)	\
 	(pmd_val(*(pmdp)) = (__pa((unsigned long) (ptep)) >> 11UL))
 #define pud_set(pudp, pmdp)	\
diff --git a/include/asm-um/pgtable.h b/include/asm-um/pgtable.h
index 4102b443e925..02db81b7b86e 100644
--- a/include/asm-um/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-um/pgtable.h
@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ static inline int pte_newprot(pte_t pte)
 	return(pte_present(pte) && (pte_get_bits(pte, _PAGE_NEWPROT)));
 }
 
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 /*
  * =================================
  * Flags setting section.
@@ -241,6 +246,11 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mknewpage(pte_t pte)
 	return(pte);
 }
 
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return(pte);
+}
+
 static inline void set_pte(pte_t *pteptr, pte_t pteval)
 {
 	pte_copy(*pteptr, pteval);
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h b/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
index a496d6335d3b..801b31f71452 100644
--- a/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-x86/pgtable.h
@@ -195,6 +195,11 @@ static inline int pte_exec(pte_t pte)
 	return !(pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_NX);
 }
 
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static inline int pmd_large(pmd_t pte)
 {
 	return (pmd_val(pte) & (_PAGE_PSE | _PAGE_PRESENT)) ==
@@ -256,6 +261,11 @@ static inline pte_t pte_clrglobal(pte_t pte)
 	return __pte(pte_val(pte) & ~(pteval_t)_PAGE_GLOBAL);
 }
 
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)
+{
+	return pte;
+}
+
 extern pteval_t __supported_pte_mask;
 
 static inline pte_t pfn_pte(unsigned long page_nr, pgprot_t pgprot)
diff --git a/include/asm-xtensa/pgtable.h b/include/asm-xtensa/pgtable.h
index c8b024a48b4d..8014d96b21f1 100644
--- a/include/asm-xtensa/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-xtensa/pgtable.h
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_WRITABLE; }
 static inline int pte_dirty(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_DIRTY; }
 static inline int pte_young(pte_t pte) { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_ACCESSED; }
 static inline int pte_file(pte_t pte)  { return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_FILE; }
+static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte) { return 0; }
+
 static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)	
 	{ pte_val(pte) &= ~(_PAGE_WRITABLE | _PAGE_HW_WRITE); return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkclean(pte_t pte)
@@ -222,6 +224,8 @@ static inline pte_t pte_mkyoung(pte_t pte)
 	{ pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_ACCESSED; return pte; }
 static inline pte_t pte_mkwrite(pte_t pte)
 	{ pte_val(pte) |= _PAGE_WRITABLE; return pte; }
+static inline pte_t pte_mkspecial(pte_t pte)
+	{ return pte; }
 
 /*
  * Conversion functions: convert a page and protection to a page entry,
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h
index c657ea0bd6aa..ba86ddaa2bb8 100644
--- a/include/linux/mm.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm.h
@@ -721,7 +721,9 @@ struct zap_details {
 	unsigned long truncate_count;		/* Compare vm_truncate_count */
 };
 
-struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *, unsigned long, pte_t);
+struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+		pte_t pte);
+
 unsigned long zap_page_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		unsigned long size, struct zap_details *);
 unsigned long unmap_vmas(struct mmu_gather **tlb,
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 0da414c383e7..c5e88bcd8ec3 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -371,33 +371,37 @@ static inline int is_cow_mapping(unsigned int flags)
 }
 
 /*
- * This function gets the "struct page" associated with a pte or returns
- * NULL if no "struct page" is associated with the pte.
+ * vm_normal_page -- This function gets the "struct page" associated with a pte.
  *
- * A raw VM_PFNMAP mapping (ie. one that is not COWed) may not have any "struct
- * page" backing, and even if they do, they are not refcounted. COWed pages of
- * a VM_PFNMAP do always have a struct page, and they are normally refcounted
- * (they are _normal_ pages).
+ * "Special" mappings do not wish to be associated with a "struct page" (either
+ * it doesn't exist, or it exists but they don't want to touch it). In this
+ * case, NULL is returned here. "Normal" mappings do have a struct page.
  *
- * So a raw PFNMAP mapping will have each page table entry just pointing
- * to a page frame number, and as far as the VM layer is concerned, those do
- * not have pages associated with them - even if the PFN might point to memory
- * that otherwise is perfectly fine and has a "struct page".
+ * There are 2 broad cases. Firstly, an architecture may define a pte_special()
+ * pte bit, in which case this function is trivial. Secondly, an architecture
+ * may not have a spare pte bit, which requires a more complicated scheme,
+ * described below.
+ *
+ * A raw VM_PFNMAP mapping (ie. one that is not COWed) is always considered a
+ * special mapping (even if there are underlying and valid "struct pages").
+ * COWed pages of a VM_PFNMAP are always normal.
  *
  * The way we recognize COWed pages within VM_PFNMAP mappings is through the
  * rules set up by "remap_pfn_range()": the vma will have the VM_PFNMAP bit
- * set, and the vm_pgoff will point to the first PFN mapped: thus every
- * page that is a raw mapping will always honor the rule
+ * set, and the vm_pgoff will point to the first PFN mapped: thus every special
+ * mapping will always honor the rule
  *
  *	pfn_of_page == vma->vm_pgoff + ((addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
  *
- * A call to vm_normal_page() will return NULL for such a page.
+ * And for normal mappings this is false.
+ *
+ * This restricts such mappings to be a linear translation from virtual address
+ * to pfn. To get around this restriction, we allow arbitrary mappings so long
+ * as the vma is not a COW mapping; in that case, we know that all ptes are
+ * special (because none can have been COWed).
  *
- * If the page doesn't follow the "remap_pfn_range()" rule in a VM_PFNMAP
- * then the page has been COW'ed.  A COW'ed page _does_ have a "struct page"
- * associated with it even if it is in a VM_PFNMAP range.  Calling
- * vm_normal_page() on such a page will therefore return the "struct page".
  *
+ * In order to support COW of arbitrary special mappings, we have VM_MIXEDMAP.
  *
  * VM_MIXEDMAP mappings can likewise contain memory with or without "struct
  * page" backing, however the difference is that _all_ pages with a struct
@@ -407,16 +411,29 @@ static inline int is_cow_mapping(unsigned int flags)
  * advantage is that we don't have to follow the strict linearity rule of
  * PFNMAP mappings in order to support COWable mappings.
  *
- * A call to vm_normal_page() with a VM_MIXEDMAP mapping will return the
- * associated "struct page" or NULL for memory not backed by a "struct page".
- *
- *
- * All other mappings should have a valid struct page, which will be
- * returned by a call to vm_normal_page().
  */
-struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_t pte)
+#ifdef __HAVE_ARCH_PTE_SPECIAL
+# define HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL 1
+#else
+# define HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL 0
+#endif
+struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
+				pte_t pte)
 {
-	unsigned long pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
+	unsigned long pfn;
+
+	if (HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL) {
+		if (likely(!pte_special(pte))) {
+			VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte)));
+			return pte_page(pte);
+		}
+		VM_BUG_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP | VM_MIXEDMAP)));
+		return NULL;
+	}
+
+	/* !HAVE_PTE_SPECIAL case follows: */
+
+	pfn = pte_pfn(pte);
 
 	if (unlikely(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP))) {
 		if (vma->vm_flags & VM_MIXEDMAP) {
@@ -424,7 +441,8 @@ struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_
 				return NULL;
 			goto out;
 		} else {
-			unsigned long off = (addr-vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+			unsigned long off;
+			off = (addr - vma->vm_start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
 			if (pfn == vma->vm_pgoff + off)
 				return NULL;
 			if (!is_cow_mapping(vma->vm_flags))
@@ -432,25 +450,12 @@ struct page *vm_normal_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, pte_
 		}
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
-	/*
-	 * Add some anal sanity checks for now. Eventually,
-	 * we should just do "return pfn_to_page(pfn)", but
-	 * in the meantime we check that we get a valid pfn,
-	 * and that the resulting page looks ok.
-	 */
-	if (unlikely(!pfn_valid(pfn))) {
-		print_bad_pte(vma, pte, addr);
-		return NULL;
-	}
-#endif
+	VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pfn));
 
 	/*
-	 * NOTE! We still have PageReserved() pages in the page 
-	 * tables. 
+	 * NOTE! We still have PageReserved() pages in the page tables.
 	 *
-	 * The PAGE_ZERO() pages and various VDSO mappings can
-	 * cause them to exist.
+	 * eg. VDSO mappings can cause them to exist.
 	 */
 out:
 	return pfn_to_page(pfn);
@@ -1263,6 +1268,12 @@ int vm_insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 	pte_t *pte, entry;
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 
+	/*
+	 * Technically, architectures with pte_special can avoid all these
+	 * restrictions (same for remap_pfn_range).  However we would like
+	 * consistency in testing and feature parity among all, so we should
+	 * try to keep these invariants in place for everybody.
+	 */
 	BUG_ON(!(vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP)));
 	BUG_ON((vma->vm_flags & (VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP)) ==
 						(VM_PFNMAP|VM_MIXEDMAP));
@@ -1278,7 +1289,7 @@ int vm_insert_pfn(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		goto out_unlock;
 
 	/* Ok, finally just insert the thing.. */
-	entry = pfn_pte(pfn, vma->vm_page_prot);
+	entry = pte_mkspecial(pfn_pte(pfn, vma->vm_page_prot));
 	set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, entry);
 	update_mmu_cache(vma, addr, entry);
 
@@ -1309,7 +1320,7 @@ static int remap_pte_range(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
 	arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode();
 	do {
 		BUG_ON(!pte_none(*pte));
-		set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, pfn_pte(pfn, prot));
+		set_pte_at(mm, addr, pte, pte_mkspecial(pfn_pte(pfn, prot)));
 		pfn++;
 	} while (pte++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end);
 	arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode();