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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/memory.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/memory.c | 20 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c index 3e2fc2950ad7..f0e7c589ca9d 100644 --- a/mm/memory.c +++ b/mm/memory.c @@ -134,6 +134,18 @@ static inline bool arch_faults_on_old_pte(void) } #endif +#ifndef arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte +static inline bool arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte(void) +{ + /* + * Transitioning a PTE from 'old' to 'young' can be expensive on + * some architectures, even if it's performed in hardware. By + * default, "false" means prefaulted entries will be 'young'. + */ + return false; +} +#endif + static int __init disable_randmaps(char *s) { randomize_va_space = 0; @@ -3725,11 +3737,17 @@ void do_set_pte(struct vm_fault *vmf, struct page *page) { struct vm_area_struct *vma = vmf->vma; bool write = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE; + bool prefault = vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_PREFAULT; pte_t entry; flush_icache_page(vma, page); entry = mk_pte(page, vma->vm_page_prot); - entry = pte_sw_mkyoung(entry); + + if (prefault && arch_wants_old_prefaulted_pte()) + entry = pte_mkold(entry); + else + entry = pte_sw_mkyoung(entry); + if (write) entry = maybe_mkwrite(pte_mkdirty(entry), vma); /* copy-on-write page */ |