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x86_64: mm: support numa migration pte entry #379

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@hao-lee hao-lee commented Dec 6, 2023

The PRESENT bit alone does not indicate whether a page actually exists. The PRESENT bit is also cleared for numa migration pte entries, even though the page is present. Therefore, to determine if a page truly exists, we need to check pte and convert it to phys in the same way the kernel does.

Fix #370

Signed-off-by: Hao Li haoli.tcs@gmail.com

The PRESENT bit alone does not indicate whether a page actually exists. The
PRESENT bit is also cleared for numa migration pte entries, even though the
page is present. Therefore, to determine if a page truly exists, we need to
check pte and convert it to phys in the same way the kernel does.

Signed-off-by: Hao Li <haoli.tcs@gmail.com>
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This was a great find, thank you! I left a few comments.

table = entry & ADDRESS_MASK;
if (!(entry & PRESENT) || (entry & PSE) || level == 0) {
table = entry & PTE_PFN_MASK;
if (!(entry & _PAGE_PRESENT) || (entry & PSE) || level == 0) {
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Can huge pages also have numa migration entries? pmd_present() in the kernel checks _PAGE_PROTNONE, so maybe 2MB huge pages can? If so, this check probably needs to be slightly different (and depend on the level).

Comment on lines +663 to +664
if (pte_present(entry))
*phys_addr_ret = pte_phys(entry);
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This will also get entries for higher levels (for huge pages or unmapped levels), so the pte_* names are not completely accurate. The functions themselves probably also need to depend on the level as noted above.


static inline uint64_t protnone_mask(uint64_t val)
{
return __pte_needs_invert(val) ? ~0ull : 0;
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In theory, ~0ull could be a different size than uint64_t, so I'd feel better about:

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return __pte_needs_invert(val) ? ~0ull : 0;
return __pte_needs_invert(val) ? -1 : 0;

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static inline bool __pte_needs_invert(uint64_t val)
{
return val && !(val & _PAGE_PRESENT);
}

static inline uint64_t protnone_mask(uint64_t val)
{
return __pte_needs_invert(val) ? ~0ull : 0;
}

static inline uint64_t pte_flags(uint64_t pte)
{
return pte & ((1 << PAGE_SHIFT) - 1);
}
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I'd prefer to fold these small helpers into their callers.

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