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diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index dfabd549d2e7..1159b25b0542 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -309,24 +309,28 @@ static inline void ptep_clear(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, ptep);
}
-#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_GET
+#ifndef ptep_get
static inline pte_t ptep_get(pte_t *ptep)
{
return READ_ONCE(*ptep);
}
#endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_GUP_GET_PTE_LOW_HIGH
+#ifndef pmdp_get
+static inline pmd_t pmdp_get(pmd_t *pmdp)
+{
+ return READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
+}
+#endif
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_GUP_GET_PXX_LOW_HIGH
/*
- * WARNING: only to be used in the get_user_pages_fast() implementation.
- *
- * With get_user_pages_fast(), we walk down the pagetables without taking any
- * locks. For this we would like to load the pointers atomically, but sometimes
- * that is not possible (e.g. without expensive cmpxchg8b on x86_32 PAE). What
- * we do have is the guarantee that a PTE will only either go from not present
- * to present, or present to not present or both -- it will not switch to a
- * completely different present page without a TLB flush in between; something
- * that we are blocking by holding interrupts off.
+ * For walking the pagetables without holding any locks. Some architectures
+ * (eg x86-32 PAE) cannot load the entries atomically without using expensive
+ * instructions. We are guaranteed that a PTE will only either go from not
+ * present to present, or present to not present -- it will not switch to a
+ * completely different present page without a TLB flush inbetween; which we
+ * are blocking by holding interrupts off.
*
* Setting ptes from not present to present goes:
*
@@ -361,15 +365,42 @@ static inline pte_t ptep_get_lockless(pte_t *ptep)
return pte;
}
-#else /* CONFIG_GUP_GET_PTE_LOW_HIGH */
+#define ptep_get_lockless ptep_get_lockless
+
+#if CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2
+static inline pmd_t pmdp_get_lockless(pmd_t *pmdp)
+{
+ pmd_t pmd;
+
+ do {
+ pmd.pmd_low = pmdp->pmd_low;
+ smp_rmb();
+ pmd.pmd_high = pmdp->pmd_high;
+ smp_rmb();
+ } while (unlikely(pmd.pmd_low != pmdp->pmd_low));
+
+ return pmd;
+}
+#define pmdp_get_lockless pmdp_get_lockless
+#endif /* CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS > 2 */
+#endif /* CONFIG_GUP_GET_PXX_LOW_HIGH */
+
/*
* We require that the PTE can be read atomically.
*/
+#ifndef ptep_get_lockless
static inline pte_t ptep_get_lockless(pte_t *ptep)
{
return ptep_get(ptep);
}
-#endif /* CONFIG_GUP_GET_PTE_LOW_HIGH */
+#endif
+
+#ifndef pmdp_get_lockless
+static inline pmd_t pmdp_get_lockless(pmd_t *pmdp)
+{
+ return pmdp_get(pmdp);
+}
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_HUGE_GET_AND_CLEAR
@@ -1313,18 +1344,6 @@ static inline int pud_trans_unstable(pud_t *pud)
#endif
}
-#ifndef pmd_read_atomic
-static inline pmd_t pmd_read_atomic(pmd_t *pmdp)
-{
- /*
- * Depend on compiler for an atomic pmd read. NOTE: this is
- * only going to work, if the pmdval_t isn't larger than
- * an unsigned long.
- */
- return *pmdp;
-}
-#endif
-
#ifndef arch_needs_pgtable_deposit
#define arch_needs_pgtable_deposit() (false)
#endif
@@ -1351,13 +1370,13 @@ static inline pmd_t pmd_read_atomic(pmd_t *pmdp)
*/
static inline int pmd_none_or_trans_huge_or_clear_bad(pmd_t *pmd)
{
- pmd_t pmdval = pmd_read_atomic(pmd);
+ pmd_t pmdval = pmdp_get_lockless(pmd);
/*
* The barrier will stabilize the pmdval in a register or on
* the stack so that it will stop changing under the code.
*
* When CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y on x86 32bit PAE,
- * pmd_read_atomic is allowed to return a not atomic pmdval
+ * pmdp_get_lockless is allowed to return a not atomic pmdval
* (for example pointing to an hugepage that has never been
* mapped in the pmd). The below checks will only care about
* the low part of the pmd with 32bit PAE x86 anyway, with the