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  1 #ifndef _LINUX_MMU_NOTIFIER_H
  2 #define _LINUX_MMU_NOTIFIER_H
  3 
  4 #include <linux/list.h>
  5 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
  6 #include <linux/mm_types.h>
  7 
  8 struct mmu_notifier;
  9 struct mmu_notifier_ops;
 10 
 11 #ifdef CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER
 12 
 13 /*
 14  * The mmu notifier_mm structure is allocated and installed in
 15  * mm->mmu_notifier_mm inside the mm_take_all_locks() protected
 16  * critical section and it's released only when mm_count reaches zero
 17  * in mmdrop().
 18  */
 19 struct mmu_notifier_mm {
 20         /* all mmu notifiers registerd in this mm are queued in this list */
 21         struct hlist_head list;
 22         /* to serialize the list modifications and hlist_unhashed */
 23         spinlock_t lock;
 24 };
 25 
 26 struct mmu_notifier_ops {
 27         /*
 28          * Called either by mmu_notifier_unregister or when the mm is
 29          * being destroyed by exit_mmap, always before all pages are
 30          * freed. This can run concurrently with other mmu notifier
 31          * methods (the ones invoked outside the mm context) and it
 32          * should tear down all secondary mmu mappings and freeze the
 33          * secondary mmu. If this method isn't implemented you've to
 34          * be sure that nothing could possibly write to the pages
 35          * through the secondary mmu by the time the last thread with
 36          * tsk->mm == mm exits.
 37          *
 38          * As side note: the pages freed after ->release returns could
 39          * be immediately reallocated by the gart at an alias physical
 40          * address with a different cache model, so if ->release isn't
 41          * implemented because all _software_ driven memory accesses
 42          * through the secondary mmu are terminated by the time the
 43          * last thread of this mm quits, you've also to be sure that
 44          * speculative _hardware_ operations can't allocate dirty
 45          * cachelines in the cpu that could not be snooped and made
 46          * coherent with the other read and write operations happening
 47          * through the gart alias address, so leading to memory
 48          * corruption.
 49          */
 50         void (*release)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
 51                         struct mm_struct *mm);
 52 
 53         /*
 54          * clear_flush_young is called after the VM is
 55          * test-and-clearing the young/accessed bitflag in the
 56          * pte. This way the VM will provide proper aging to the
 57          * accesses to the page through the secondary MMUs and not
 58          * only to the ones through the Linux pte.
 59          */
 60         int (*clear_flush_young)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
 61                                  struct mm_struct *mm,
 62                                  unsigned long address);
 63 
 64         /*
 65          * Before this is invoked any secondary MMU is still ok to
 66          * read/write to the page previously pointed to by the Linux
 67          * pte because the page hasn't been freed yet and it won't be
 68          * freed until this returns. If required set_page_dirty has to
 69          * be called internally to this method.
 70          */
 71         void (*invalidate_page)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
 72                                 struct mm_struct *mm,
 73                                 unsigned long address);
 74 
 75         /*
 76          * invalidate_range_start() and invalidate_range_end() must be
 77          * paired and are called only when the mmap_sem and/or the
 78          * locks protecting the reverse maps are held. The subsystem
 79          * must guarantee that no additional references are taken to
 80          * the pages in the range established between the call to
 81          * invalidate_range_start() and the matching call to
 82          * invalidate_range_end().
 83          *
 84          * Invalidation of multiple concurrent ranges may be
 85          * optionally permitted by the driver. Either way the
 86          * establishment of sptes is forbidden in the range passed to
 87          * invalidate_range_begin/end for the whole duration of the
 88          * invalidate_range_begin/end critical section.
 89          *
 90          * invalidate_range_start() is called when all pages in the
 91          * range are still mapped and have at least a refcount of one.
 92          *
 93          * invalidate_range_end() is called when all pages in the
 94          * range have been unmapped and the pages have been freed by
 95          * the VM.
 96          *
 97          * The VM will remove the page table entries and potentially
 98          * the page between invalidate_range_start() and
 99          * invalidate_range_end(). If the page must not be freed
100          * because of pending I/O or other circumstances then the
101          * invalidate_range_start() callback (or the initial mapping
102          * by the driver) must make sure that the refcount is kept
103          * elevated.
104          *
105          * If the driver increases the refcount when the pages are
106          * initially mapped into an address space then either
107          * invalidate_range_start() or invalidate_range_end() may
108          * decrease the refcount. If the refcount is decreased on
109          * invalidate_range_start() then the VM can free pages as page
110          * table entries are removed.  If the refcount is only
111          * droppped on invalidate_range_end() then the driver itself
112          * will drop the last refcount but it must take care to flush
113          * any secondary tlb before doing the final free on the
114          * page. Pages will no longer be referenced by the linux
115          * address space but may still be referenced by sptes until
116          * the last refcount is dropped.
117          */
118         void (*invalidate_range_start)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
119                                        struct mm_struct *mm,
120                                        unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
121         void (*invalidate_range_end)(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
122                                      struct mm_struct *mm,
123                                      unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
124 };
125 
126 /*
127  * The notifier chains are protected by mmap_sem and/or the reverse map
128  * semaphores. Notifier chains are only changed when all reverse maps and
129  * the mmap_sem locks are taken.
130  *
131  * Therefore notifier chains can only be traversed when either
132  *
133  * 1. mmap_sem is held.
134  * 2. One of the reverse map locks is held (i_mmap_lock or anon_vma->lock).
135  * 3. No other concurrent thread can access the list (release)
136  */
137 struct mmu_notifier {
138         struct hlist_node hlist;
139         const struct mmu_notifier_ops *ops;
140 };
141 
142 static inline int mm_has_notifiers(struct mm_struct *mm)
143 {
144         return unlikely(mm->mmu_notifier_mm);
145 }
146 
147 extern int mmu_notifier_register(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
148                                  struct mm_struct *mm);
149 extern int __mmu_notifier_register(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
150                                    struct mm_struct *mm);
151 extern void mmu_notifier_unregister(struct mmu_notifier *mn,
152                                     struct mm_struct *mm);
153 extern void __mmu_notifier_mm_destroy(struct mm_struct *mm);
154 extern void __mmu_notifier_release(struct mm_struct *mm);
155 extern int __mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
156                                           unsigned long address);
157 extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
158                                           unsigned long address);
159 extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
160                                   unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
161 extern void __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(struct mm_struct *mm,
162                                   unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
163 
164 static inline void mmu_notifier_release(struct mm_struct *mm)
165 {
166         if (mm_has_notifiers(mm))
167                 __mmu_notifier_release(mm);
168 }
169 
170 static inline int mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
171                                           unsigned long address)
172 {
173         if (mm_has_notifiers(mm))
174                 return __mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(mm, address);
175         return 0;
176 }
177 
178 static inline void mmu_notifier_invalidate_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
179                                           unsigned long address)
180 {
181         if (mm_has_notifiers(mm))
182                 __mmu_notifier_invalidate_page(mm, address);
183 }
184 
185 static inline void mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
186                                   unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
187 {
188         if (mm_has_notifiers(mm))
189                 __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(mm, start, end);
190 }
191 
192 static inline void mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(struct mm_struct *mm,
193                                   unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
194 {
195         if (mm_has_notifiers(mm))
196                 __mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(mm, start, end);
197 }
198 
199 static inline void mmu_notifier_mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm)
200 {
201         mm->mmu_notifier_mm = NULL;
202 }
203 
204 static inline void mmu_notifier_mm_destroy(struct mm_struct *mm)
205 {
206         if (mm_has_notifiers(mm))
207                 __mmu_notifier_mm_destroy(mm);
208 }
209 
210 /*
211  * These two macros will sometime replace ptep_clear_flush.
212  * ptep_clear_flush is impleemnted as macro itself, so this also is
213  * implemented as a macro until ptep_clear_flush will converted to an
214  * inline function, to diminish the risk of compilation failure. The
215  * invalidate_page method over time can be moved outside the PT lock
216  * and these two macros can be later removed.
217  */
218 #define ptep_clear_flush_notify(__vma, __address, __ptep)               \
219 ({                                                                      \
220         pte_t __pte;                                                    \
221         struct vm_area_struct *___vma = __vma;                          \
222         unsigned long ___address = __address;                           \
223         __pte = ptep_clear_flush(___vma, ___address, __ptep);           \
224         mmu_notifier_invalidate_page(___vma->vm_mm, ___address);        \
225         __pte;                                                          \
226 })
227 
228 #define ptep_clear_flush_young_notify(__vma, __address, __ptep)         \
229 ({                                                                      \
230         int __young;                                                    \
231         struct vm_area_struct *___vma = __vma;                          \
232         unsigned long ___address = __address;                           \
233         __young = ptep_clear_flush_young(___vma, ___address, __ptep);   \
234         __young |= mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(___vma->vm_mm,        \
235                                                   ___address);          \
236         __young;                                                        \
237 })
238 
239 #else /* CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER */
240 
241 static inline void mmu_notifier_release(struct mm_struct *mm)
242 {
243 }
244 
245 static inline int mmu_notifier_clear_flush_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
246                                           unsigned long address)
247 {
248         return 0;
249 }
250 
251 static inline void mmu_notifier_invalidate_page(struct mm_struct *mm,
252                                           unsigned long address)
253 {
254 }
255 
256 static inline void mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
257                                   unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
258 {
259 }
260 
261 static inline void mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end(struct mm_struct *mm,
262                                   unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
263 {
264 }
265 
266 static inline void mmu_notifier_mm_init(struct mm_struct *mm)
267 {
268 }
269 
270 static inline void mmu_notifier_mm_destroy(struct mm_struct *mm)
271 {
272 }
273 
274 #define ptep_clear_flush_young_notify ptep_clear_flush_young
275 #define ptep_clear_flush_notify ptep_clear_flush
276 
277 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU_NOTIFIER */
278 
279 #endif /* _LINUX_MMU_NOTIFIER_H */
280 
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