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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mm_types.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm_types.h | 34 |
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h index 44a1a699b5ad..6b0009e7d4ae 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm_types.h +++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ struct mem_cgroup; #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE #define _struct_page_alignment __aligned(2 * sizeof(unsigned long)) #else -#define _struct_page_alignment +#define _struct_page_alignment __aligned(sizeof(unsigned long)) #endif struct page { @@ -251,6 +251,38 @@ struct page { #endif } _struct_page_alignment; +/* + * struct encoded_page - a nonexistent type marking this pointer + * + * An 'encoded_page' pointer is a pointer to a regular 'struct page', but + * with the low bits of the pointer indicating extra context-dependent + * information. Not super-common, but happens in mmu_gather and mlock + * handling, and this acts as a type system check on that use. + * + * We only really have two guaranteed bits in general, although you could + * play with 'struct page' alignment (see CONFIG_HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE) + * for more. + * + * Use the supplied helper functions to endcode/decode the pointer and bits. + */ +struct encoded_page; +#define ENCODE_PAGE_BITS 3ul +static __always_inline struct encoded_page *encode_page(struct page *page, unsigned long flags) +{ + BUILD_BUG_ON(flags > ENCODE_PAGE_BITS); + return (struct encoded_page *)(flags | (unsigned long)page); +} + +static inline unsigned long encoded_page_flags(struct encoded_page *page) +{ + return ENCODE_PAGE_BITS & (unsigned long)page; +} + +static inline struct page *encoded_page_ptr(struct encoded_page *page) +{ + return (struct page *)(~ENCODE_PAGE_BITS & (unsigned long)page); +} + /** * struct folio - Represents a contiguous set of bytes. * @flags: Identical to the page flags. |