On 08.09.21 16:28, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 08.09.2021 15:32, Juergen Gross wrote:
>> On 08.09.21 13:07, Jan Beulich wrote:
>>> On 08.09.2021 09:36, Juergen Gross wrote:
>>>> Commit 0881ace292b662 ("mm/mremap: use pmd/pud_poplulate to update page
>>>> table entries") introduced a regression when running as Xen PV guest.
>>>
>>> The description of that change starts with "pmd/pud_populate is the
>>> right interface to be used to set the respective page table entries."
>>> If this is deemed true, I don't think pmd_populate() should call
>>> paravirt_alloc_pte(): The latter function, as its name says, is
>>> supposed to be called for newly allocated page tables only (aiui).
>>
>> In theory you are correct, but my experience with reality tells me that
>> another set of macros for this case will not be appreciated.
> 
> Perhaps a new parameter to the macros / inlines identifying fresh
> vs moved? Or perhaps the offending change wasn't really correct in
> what its description said?

The problem is that those macros are spread over all architectures with
each architecture defining them separately. Changing all those will not
be really welcomed.

And the change was correct IMO, as the replaced pmd_set() should be used
for leaf entries only (at least in arch independent code).
pmd_populate() is the correct one for non-leaf entries.


Juergen