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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/mm.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/mm.h | 37 |
1 files changed, 37 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/mm.h b/include/linux/mm.h index 7eeabc37ec87..e8e1afab713f 100644 --- a/include/linux/mm.h +++ b/include/linux/mm.h @@ -394,6 +394,25 @@ extern pgprot_t protection_map[16]; * @FAULT_FLAG_REMOTE: The fault is not for current task/mm. * @FAULT_FLAG_INSTRUCTION: The fault was during an instruction fetch. * @FAULT_FLAG_INTERRUPTIBLE: The fault can be interrupted by non-fatal signals. + * + * About @FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY and @FAULT_FLAG_TRIED: we can specify + * whether we would allow page faults to retry by specifying these two + * fault flags correctly. Currently there can be three legal combinations: + * + * (a) ALLOW_RETRY and !TRIED: this means the page fault allows retry, and + * this is the first try + * + * (b) ALLOW_RETRY and TRIED: this means the page fault allows retry, and + * we've already tried at least once + * + * (c) !ALLOW_RETRY and !TRIED: this means the page fault does not allow retry + * + * The unlisted combination (!ALLOW_RETRY && TRIED) is illegal and should never + * be used. Note that page faults can be allowed to retry for multiple times, + * in which case we'll have an initial fault with flags (a) then later on + * continuous faults with flags (b). We should always try to detect pending + * signals before a retry to make sure the continuous page faults can still be + * interrupted if necessary. */ #define FAULT_FLAG_WRITE 0x01 #define FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE 0x02 @@ -414,6 +433,24 @@ extern pgprot_t protection_map[16]; FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE | \ FAULT_FLAG_INTERRUPTIBLE) +/** + * fault_flag_allow_retry_first - check ALLOW_RETRY the first time + * + * This is mostly used for places where we want to try to avoid taking + * the mmap_sem for too long a time when waiting for another condition + * to change, in which case we can try to be polite to release the + * mmap_sem in the first round to avoid potential starvation of other + * processes that would also want the mmap_sem. + * + * Return: true if the page fault allows retry and this is the first + * attempt of the fault handling; false otherwise. + */ +static inline bool fault_flag_allow_retry_first(unsigned int flags) +{ + return (flags & FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY) && + (!(flags & FAULT_FLAG_TRIED)); +} + #define FAULT_FLAG_TRACE \ { FAULT_FLAG_WRITE, "WRITE" }, \ { FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE, "MKWRITE" }, \ |