Merge branch 'linus' into core/generic-dma-coherent

Conflicts:

	kernel/Makefile

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>

1 files changed, 57 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index 44ef329..ef87f88 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -195,6 +195,63 @@ static inline int pmd_none_or_clear_bad(pmd_t *pmd)
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static inline pte_t __ptep_modify_prot_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					     unsigned long addr,
+					     pte_t *ptep)
+{
+	/*
+	 * Get the current pte state, but zero it out to make it
+	 * non-present, preventing the hardware from asynchronously
+	 * updating it.
+	 */
+	return ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, ptep);
+}
+
+static inline void __ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					     unsigned long addr,
+					     pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
+{
+	/*
+	 * The pte is non-present, so there's no hardware state to
+	 * preserve.
+	 */
+	set_pte_at(mm, addr, ptep, pte);
+}
+
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_MODIFY_PROT_TRANSACTION
+/*
+ * Start a pte protection read-modify-write transaction, which
+ * protects against asynchronous hardware modifications to the pte.
+ * The intention is not to prevent the hardware from making pte
+ * updates, but to prevent any updates it may make from being lost.
+ *
+ * This does not protect against other software modifications of the
+ * pte; the appropriate pte lock must be held over the transation.
+ *
+ * Note that this interface is intended to be batchable, meaning that
+ * ptep_modify_prot_commit may not actually update the pte, but merely
+ * queue the update to be done at some later time.  The update must be
+ * actually committed before the pte lock is released, however.
+ */
+static inline pte_t ptep_modify_prot_start(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					   unsigned long addr,
+					   pte_t *ptep)
+{
+	return __ptep_modify_prot_start(mm, addr, ptep);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Commit an update to a pte, leaving any hardware-controlled bits in
+ * the PTE unmodified.
+ */
+static inline void ptep_modify_prot_commit(struct mm_struct *mm,
+					   unsigned long addr,
+					   pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
+{
+	__ptep_modify_prot_commit(mm, addr, ptep, pte);
+}
+#endif /* __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_MODIFY_PROT_TRANSACTION */
 #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
 
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