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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mmu_notifier.h | 37 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h index 966da2b4b803..94d19f64cecf 100644 --- a/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h +++ b/include/linux/mmu_notifier.h @@ -98,11 +98,11 @@ struct mmu_notifier_ops { /* * invalidate_range_start() and invalidate_range_end() must be * paired and are called only when the mmap_sem and/or the - * locks protecting the reverse maps are held. The subsystem - * must guarantee that no additional references are taken to - * the pages in the range established between the call to - * invalidate_range_start() and the matching call to - * invalidate_range_end(). + * locks protecting the reverse maps are held. If the subsystem + * can't guarantee that no additional references are taken to + * the pages in the range, it has to implement the + * invalidate_range() notifier to remove any references taken + * after invalidate_range_start(). * * Invalidation of multiple concurrent ranges may be * optionally permitted by the driver. Either way the @@ -144,6 +144,29 @@ struct mmu_notifier_ops { void (*invalidate_range_end)(struct mmu_notifier *mn, struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long end); + + /* + * invalidate_range() is either called between + * invalidate_range_start() and invalidate_range_end() when the + * VM has to free pages that where unmapped, but before the + * pages are actually freed, or outside of _start()/_end() when + * a (remote) TLB is necessary. + * + * If invalidate_range() is used to manage a non-CPU TLB with + * shared page-tables, it not necessary to implement the + * invalidate_range_start()/end() notifiers, as + * invalidate_range() alread catches the points in time when an + * external TLB range needs to be flushed. + * + * The invalidate_range() function is called under the ptl + * spin-lock and not allowed to sleep. + * + * Note that this function might be called with just a sub-range + * of what was passed to invalidate_range_start()/end(), if + * called between those functions. + */ + void (*invalidate_range)(struct mmu_notifier *mn, struct mm_struct *mm, + unsigned long start, unsigned long end); }; /* @@ -190,6 +213,8 @@ extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long end); extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long end); +extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(struct mm_struct *mm, + unsigned long start, unsigned long end); static inline void mmu_notifier_release(struct mm_struct *mm) { @@ -245,6 +270,8 @@ static inline void mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(struct mm_struct *mm, static inline void mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long end) { + if (mm_has_notifiers(mm)) + __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range(mm, start, end); } static inline void mmu_notifier_mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm) |