On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 16:01:42 +0900
KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <[email protected]> wrote:
> When we want to map pages into the kernel space by vmalloc()'s routine,
> we always need 'struct page' to do that.
>
> There are cases where there is no page struct to use (bootstrap, etc..).
> This function is designed to help map any memory to anywhere, anytime.
>
> Users should manage their virtual/physical space by themselves.
> Because it's complex and danger to manage virtual address space by
> each function's own code, it's better to use fixed address.
>
> Note: My first purpose is supporting virtual mem_map both at boot/hotplug
> sharing the same logic.
>
A little thing:
> + if (ops->k_pte_alloc) {
> + ret = ops->k_pte_alloc(pmd, addr, data);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> + } else {
> + pte = pte_alloc_kernel(pmd, addr);
> + if (!pte)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
> + if (ops->k_pmd_alloc) {
> + ret = ops->k_pmd_alloc(pud, addr, data);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> + } else {
> + pmd = pmd_alloc(&init_mm, pud, addr);
> + if (!pmd)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + if (ops->k_pud_alloc) {
> + ret = ops->k_pud_alloc(pgd, addr, data);
> + if (ret)
> + return ret;
> + } else {
> + pud = pud_alloc(&init_mm, pgd, addr);
> + if (!pud)
> + return -ENOMEM;
> + }
Generally we prefer to simply *require* that the function vector be filled
in appropriately. So if the caller has no special needs, the caller will
set their gen_map_kern_ops.k_pte_alloc to point at pte_alloc_kernel().
erk, pte_alloc_kernel() is a macro. As is pmd_alloc(), etc. Well, let
that be a lesson to us. What a mess.
I suppose we could go through and convert them all to inlines and then the
compiler will generate an out-of-line copy for us. Better would be to turn
these things into regular, out-of-line C functions.
What a mess.
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