[PATCH] i386: pte simplify ops
Add comment and condense code to make use of native_local_ptep_get_and_clear
function. Also, it turns out the 2-level and 3-level paging definitions were
identical, so move the common definition into pgtable.h
Signed-off-by: Zachary Amsden <zach@vmware.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen <ak@suse.de>
diff --git a/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h b/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h
index 00e97a9..c6b8b94 100644
--- a/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-i386/pgtable.h
@@ -269,6 +269,16 @@
#define pte_update_defer(mm, addr, ptep) do { } while (0)
#endif
+/* local pte updates need not use xchg for locking */
+static inline pte_t native_local_ptep_get_and_clear(pte_t *ptep)
+{
+ pte_t res = *ptep;
+
+ /* Pure native function needs no input for mm, addr */
+ native_pte_clear(NULL, 0, ptep);
+ return res;
+}
+
/*
* We only update the dirty/accessed state if we set
* the dirty bit by hand in the kernel, since the hardware
@@ -343,8 +353,11 @@
{
pte_t pte;
if (full) {
- pte = *ptep;
- native_pte_clear(mm, addr, ptep);
+ /*
+ * Full address destruction in progress; paravirt does not
+ * care about updates and native needs no locking
+ */
+ pte = native_local_ptep_get_and_clear(ptep);
} else {
pte = ptep_get_and_clear(mm, addr, ptep);
}