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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/pagewalk.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/pagewalk.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/pagewalk.h b/include/linux/pagewalk.h index 959f52e5867d..27a6df448ee5 100644 --- a/include/linux/pagewalk.h +++ b/include/linux/pagewalk.h @@ -21,7 +21,16 @@ struct mm_walk; * depth is -1 if not known, 0:PGD, 1:P4D, 2:PUD, 3:PMD. * Any folded depths (where PTRS_PER_P?D is equal to 1) * are skipped. - * @hugetlb_entry: if set, called for each hugetlb entry + * @hugetlb_entry: if set, called for each hugetlb entry. This hook + * function is called with the vma lock held, in order to + * protect against a concurrent freeing of the pte_t* or + * the ptl. In some cases, the hook function needs to drop + * and retake the vma lock in order to avoid deadlocks + * while calling other functions. In such cases the hook + * function must either refrain from accessing the pte or + * ptl after dropping the vma lock, or else revalidate + * those items after re-acquiring the vma lock and before + * accessing them. * @test_walk: caller specific callback function to determine whether * we walk over the current vma or not. Returning 0 means * "do page table walk over the current vma", returning |