linux-stable/include
Hugh Dickins 872fec16d9 [PATCH] mm: init_mm without ptlock
First step in pushing down the page_table_lock.  init_mm.page_table_lock has
been used throughout the architectures (usually for ioremap): not to serialize
kernel address space allocation (that's usually vmlist_lock), but because
pud_alloc,pmd_alloc,pte_alloc_kernel expect caller holds it.

Reverse that: don't lock or unlock init_mm.page_table_lock in any of the
architectures; instead rely on pud_alloc,pmd_alloc,pte_alloc_kernel to take
and drop it when allocating a new one, to check lest a racing task already
did.  Similarly no page_table_lock in vmalloc's map_vm_area.

Some temporary ugliness in __pud_alloc and __pmd_alloc: since they also handle
user mms, which are converted only by a later patch, for now they have to lock
differently according to whether or not it's init_mm.

If sources get muddled, there's a danger that an arch source taking
init_mm.page_table_lock will be mixed with common source also taking it (or
neither take it).  So break the rules and make another change, which should
break the build for such a mismatch: remove the redundant mm arg from
pte_alloc_kernel (ppc64 scrapped its distinct ioremap_mm in 2.6.13).

Exceptions: arm26 used pte_alloc_kernel on user mm, now pte_alloc_map; ia64
used pte_alloc_map on init_mm, now pte_alloc_kernel; parisc had bad args to
pmd_alloc and pte_alloc_kernel in unused USE_HPPA_IOREMAP code; ppc64
map_io_page forgot to unlock on failure; ppc mmu_mapin_ram and ppc64 im_free
took page_table_lock for no good reason.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-29 21:40:40 -07:00
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acpi
asm-alpha [PATCH] add sem_is_read/write_locked() 2005-10-29 21:40:35 -07:00
asm-arm [PATCH] mm: tlb_finish_mmu forget rss 2005-10-29 21:40:37 -07:00
asm-arm26 [PATCH] mm: tlb_finish_mmu forget rss 2005-10-29 21:40:37 -07:00
asm-cris [PATCH] gfp_t: dma-mapping (cris) 2005-10-28 08:16:48 -07:00
asm-frv [PATCH] gfp_t: dma-mapping (frv) 2005-10-28 08:16:48 -07:00
asm-generic [PATCH] mm: tlb_finish_mmu forget rss 2005-10-29 21:40:37 -07:00
asm-h8300 [PATCH] Remove unused var from asm/futex.h 2005-09-21 16:16:29 -07:00
asm-i386 [PATCH] add sem_is_read/write_locked() 2005-10-29 21:40:35 -07:00
asm-ia64 [PATCH] mm: tlb_finish_mmu forget rss 2005-10-29 21:40:37 -07:00
asm-m32r [PATCH] gfp_t: dma-mapping (simple cases) 2005-10-28 08:16:49 -07:00
asm-m68k [PATCH] Remove unused var from asm/futex.h 2005-09-21 16:16:29 -07:00
asm-m68knommu [PATCH] Remove unused var from asm/futex.h 2005-09-21 16:16:29 -07:00
asm-mips BCM1480 HT support 2005-10-29 19:32:49 +01:00
asm-parisc Auto-update from upstream 2005-10-28 12:18:07 -04:00
asm-powerpc [PATCH] ppc32: Fix timekeeping 2005-10-12 08:24:47 -07:00
asm-ppc [PATCH] add sem_is_read/write_locked() 2005-10-29 21:40:35 -07:00
asm-ppc64 [PATCH] mm: page fault handlers tidyup 2005-10-29 21:40:37 -07:00
asm-s390 [PATCH] add sem_is_read/write_locked() 2005-10-29 21:40:35 -07:00
asm-sh [PATCH] add sem_is_read/write_locked() 2005-10-29 21:40:35 -07:00
asm-sh64 [PATCH] gfp_t: dma-mapping (simple cases) 2005-10-28 08:16:49 -07:00
asm-sparc [PATCH] gfp_t: dma-mapping (simple cases) 2005-10-28 08:16:49 -07:00
asm-sparc64 [PATCH] mm: tlb_finish_mmu forget rss 2005-10-29 21:40:37 -07:00
asm-um [PATCH] gfp_t: remaining bits of arch/* 2005-10-28 08:16:51 -07:00
asm-v850 [PATCH] Remove unused var from asm/futex.h 2005-09-21 16:16:29 -07:00
asm-x86_64 [PATCH] add sem_is_read/write_locked() 2005-10-29 21:40:35 -07:00
asm-xtensa [PATCH] gfp_t: dma-mapping (xtensa) 2005-10-28 08:16:49 -07:00
linux [PATCH] mm: init_mm without ptlock 2005-10-29 21:40:40 -07:00
math-emu
media [PATCH] i2c: ID redefinition cleanups 2005-10-28 14:02:13 -07:00
mtd
net Merge branch 'upstream-linus' of master.kernel.org:/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6 2005-10-29 11:25:16 -07:00
pcmcia [PATCH] yenta: auto-tune EnE bridges for CardBus cards 2005-09-26 13:09:20 +02:00
rdma [IB] Fix MAD layer DMA mappings to avoid touching data buffer once mapped 2005-10-25 10:51:39 -07:00
rxrpc [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
scsi Merge branch 'master' 2005-10-28 12:31:34 -04:00
sound [PATCH] gfp_t: sound 2005-10-28 08:16:50 -07:00
video [PATCH] drivers/video: Replace custom macro with isdigit() 2005-09-13 08:22:33 -07:00