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1 files changed, 32 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/sys/vm/vm_page.c b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
index 21c7080..8e0c8bb 100644
--- a/sys/vm/vm_page.c
+++ b/sys/vm/vm_page.c
@@ -729,7 +729,12 @@ vm_page_sleep(vm_page_t m, const char *msg)
/*
* vm_page_dirty:
*
- * make page all dirty
+ * Set all bits in the page's dirty field.
+ *
+ * The object containing the specified page must be locked if the call is
+ * made from the machine-independent layer. If, however, the call is
+ * made from the pmap layer, then the page queues lock may be required.
+ * See vm_page_clear_dirty_mask().
*/
void
vm_page_dirty(vm_page_t m)
@@ -2325,15 +2330,40 @@ vm_page_clear_dirty_mask(vm_page_t m, int pagebits)
/*
* If the object is locked and the page is neither VPO_BUSY nor
* PG_WRITEABLE, then the page's dirty field cannot possibly be
- * modified by a concurrent pmap operation.
+ * set by a concurrent pmap operation.
*/
VM_OBJECT_LOCK_ASSERT(m->object, MA_OWNED);
if ((m->oflags & VPO_BUSY) == 0 && (m->flags & PG_WRITEABLE) == 0)
m->dirty &= ~pagebits;
else {
+#if defined(__amd64__) || defined(__i386__) || defined(__ia64__)
+ /*
+ * On the aforementioned architectures, the page queues lock
+ * is not required by the following read-modify-write
+ * operation. The combination of the object's lock and an
+ * atomic operation suffice. Moreover, the pmap layer on
+ * these architectures can call vm_page_dirty() without
+ * holding the page queues lock.
+ */
+#if PAGE_SIZE == 4096
+ atomic_clear_char(&m->dirty, pagebits);
+#elif PAGE_SIZE == 8192
+ atomic_clear_short(&m->dirty, pagebits);
+#elif PAGE_SIZE == 16384
+ atomic_clear_int(&m->dirty, pagebits);
+#else
+#error "PAGE_SIZE is not supported."
+#endif
+#else
+ /*
+ * Otherwise, the page queues lock is required to ensure that
+ * a concurrent pmap operation does not set the page's dirty
+ * field during the following read-modify-write operation.
+ */
vm_page_lock_queues();
m->dirty &= ~pagebits;
vm_page_unlock_queues();
+#endif
}
}
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