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  1. Nov 2024
    1. #if defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_DEVMAP) && defined(CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE) static int __gup_device_huge(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, unsigned int flags, struct page **pages, int *nr) { int nr_start = *nr; struct dev_pagemap *pgmap = NULL; do { struct page *page = pfn_to_page(pfn); pgmap = get_dev_pagemap(pfn, pgmap); if (unlikely(!pgmap)) { undo_dev_pagemap(nr, nr_start, flags, pages); break; } if (!(flags & FOLL_PCI_P2PDMA) && is_pci_p2pdma_page(page)) { undo_dev_pagemap(nr, nr_start, flags, pages); break; } SetPageReferenced(page); pages[*nr] = page; if (unlikely(try_grab_page(page, flags))) { undo_dev_pagemap(nr, nr_start, flags, pages); break; } (*nr)++; pfn++; } while (addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end); put_dev_pagemap(pgmap); return addr == end; } static int __gup_device_huge_pmd(pmd_t orig, pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, unsigned int flags, struct page **pages, int *nr) { unsigned long fault_pfn; int nr_start = *nr; fault_pfn = pmd_pfn(orig) + ((addr & ~PMD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT); if (!__gup_device_huge(fault_pfn, addr, end, flags, pages, nr)) return 0; if (unlikely(pmd_val(orig) != pmd_val(*pmdp))) { undo_dev_pagemap(nr, nr_start, flags, pages); return 0; } return 1; } static int __gup_device_huge_pud(pud_t orig, pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, unsigned int flags, struct page **pages, int *nr) { unsigned long fault_pfn; int nr_start = *nr; fault_pfn = pud_pfn(orig) + ((addr & ~PUD_MASK) >> PAGE_SHIFT); if (!__gup_device_huge(fault_pfn, addr, end, flags, pages, nr)) return 0; if (unlikely(pud_val(orig) != pud_val(*pudp))) { undo_dev_pagemap(nr, nr_start, flags, pages); return 0; } return 1; } #else static int __gup_device_huge_pmd(pmd_t orig, pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, unsigned int flags, struct page **pages, int *nr) { BUILD_BUG(); return 0; } static int __gup_device_huge_pud(pud_t pud, pud_t *pudp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, unsigned int flags, struct page **pages, int *nr) { BUILD_BUG(); return 0; } #endif

      seems like a check to see if pages can be grabbed. A quick skim maybe hints possible checks if huge pages can be grabbed?

    2. #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL /* * Fast-gup relies on pte change detection to avoid concurrent pgtable * operations. * * To pin the page, fast-gup needs to do below in order: * (1) pin the page (by prefetching pte), then (2) check pte not changed. * * For the rest of pgtable operations where pgtable updates can be racy * with fast-gup, we need to do (1) clear pte, then (2) check whether page * is pinned. * * Above will work for all pte-level operations, including THP split. * * For THP collapse, it's a bit more complicated because fast-gup may be * walking a pgtable page that is being freed (pte is still valid but pmd * can be cleared already). To avoid race in such condition, we need to * also check pmd here to make sure pmd doesn't change (corresponds to * pmdp_collapse_flush() in the THP collapse code path). */ static int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, unsigned int flags, struct page **pages, int *nr) { struct dev_pagemap *pgmap = NULL; int nr_start = *nr, ret = 0; pte_t *ptep, *ptem; ptem = ptep = pte_offset_map(&pmd, addr); if (!ptep) return 0; do { pte_t pte = ptep_get_lockless(ptep); struct page *page; struct folio *folio; /* * Always fallback to ordinary GUP on PROT_NONE-mapped pages: * pte_access_permitted() better should reject these pages * either way: otherwise, GUP-fast might succeed in * cases where ordinary GUP would fail due to VMA access * permissions. */ if (pte_protnone(pte)) goto pte_unmap; if (!pte_access_permitted(pte, flags & FOLL_WRITE)) goto pte_unmap; if (pte_devmap(pte)) { if (unlikely(flags & FOLL_LONGTERM)) goto pte_unmap; pgmap = get_dev_pagemap(pte_pfn(pte), pgmap); if (unlikely(!pgmap)) { undo_dev_pagemap(nr, nr_start, flags, pages); goto pte_unmap; } } else if (pte_special(pte)) goto pte_unmap; VM_BUG_ON(!pfn_valid(pte_pfn(pte))); page = pte_page(pte); folio = try_grab_folio(page, 1, flags); if (!folio) goto pte_unmap; if (unlikely(folio_is_secretmem(folio))) { gup_put_folio(folio, 1, flags); goto pte_unmap; } if (unlikely(pmd_val(pmd) != pmd_val(*pmdp)) || unlikely(pte_val(pte) != pte_val(ptep_get(ptep)))) { gup_put_folio(folio, 1, flags); goto pte_unmap; } if (!folio_fast_pin_allowed(folio, flags)) { gup_put_folio(folio, 1, flags); goto pte_unmap; } if (!pte_write(pte) && gup_must_unshare(NULL, flags, page)) { gup_put_folio(folio, 1, flags); goto pte_unmap; } /* * We need to make the page accessible if and only if we are * going to access its content (the FOLL_PIN case). Please * see Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst for * details. */ if (flags & FOLL_PIN) { ret = arch_make_page_accessible(page); if (ret) { gup_put_folio(folio, 1, flags); goto pte_unmap; } } folio_set_referenced(folio); pages[*nr] = page; (*nr)++; } while (ptep++, addr += PAGE_SIZE, addr != end); ret = 1; pte_unmap: if (pgmap) put_dev_pagemap(pgmap); pte_unmap(ptem); return ret; } #else /* * If we can't determine whether or not a pte is special, then fail immediately * for ptes. Note, we can still pin HugeTLB and THP as these are guaranteed not * to be special. * * For a futex to be placed on a THP tail page, get_futex_key requires a * get_user_pages_fast_only implementation that can pin pages. Thus it's still * useful to have gup_huge_pmd even if we can't operate on ptes. */ static int gup_pte_range(pmd_t pmd, pmd_t *pmdp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long end, unsigned int flags, struct page **pages, int *nr) { return 0; } #endif /* CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL */

      non concurrent fast gup approach that checks for pinned page and unmaps pte or clears it

    3. #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_FAST_GUP /* * Used in the GUP-fast path to determine whether a pin is permitted for a * specific folio. * * This call assumes the caller has pinned the folio, that the lowest page table * level still points to this folio, and that interrupts have been disabled. * * Writing to pinned file-backed dirty tracked folios is inherently problematic * (see comment describing the writable_file_mapping_allowed() function). We * therefore try to avoid the most egregious case of a long-term mapping doing * so. * * This function cannot be as thorough as that one as the VMA is not available * in the fast path, so instead we whitelist known good cases and if in doubt, * fall back to the slow path. */ static bool folio_fast_pin_allowed(struct folio *folio, unsigned int flags) { struct address_space *mapping; unsigned long mapping_flags; /* * If we aren't pinning then no problematic write can occur. A long term * pin is the most egregious case so this is the one we disallow. */ if ((flags & (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM | FOLL_WRITE)) != (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM | FOLL_WRITE)) return true; /* The folio is pinned, so we can safely access folio fields. */ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_test_slab(folio))) return false; /* hugetlb mappings do not require dirty-tracking. */ if (folio_test_hugetlb(folio)) return true; /* * GUP-fast disables IRQs. When IRQS are disabled, RCU grace periods * cannot proceed, which means no actions performed under RCU can * proceed either. * * inodes and thus their mappings are freed under RCU, which means the * mapping cannot be freed beneath us and thus we can safely dereference * it. */ lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled(); /* * However, there may be operations which _alter_ the mapping, so ensure * we read it once and only once. */ mapping = READ_ONCE(folio->mapping); /* * The mapping may have been truncated, in any case we cannot determine * if this mapping is safe - fall back to slow path to determine how to * proceed. */ if (!mapping) return false; /* Anonymous folios pose no problem. */ mapping_flags = (unsigned long)mapping & PAGE_MAPPING_FLAGS; if (mapping_flags) return mapping_flags & PAGE_MAPPING_ANON; /* * At this point, we know the mapping is non-null and points to an * address_space object. The only remaining whitelisted file system is * shmem. */ return shmem_mapping(mapping); }

      policy logic. avoids locks unlike get user pages unlocked/locked which seems risky so its not supposed to be used on concurrent gup logic

    4. long get_user_pages(unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages) { int locked = 1; if (!is_valid_gup_args(pages, NULL, &gup_flags, FOLL_TOUCH)) return -EINVAL; return __get_user_pages_locked(current->mm, start, nr_pages, pages, &locked, gup_flags); }

      policy logic.

    5. long get_user_pages_remote(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked) { int local_locked = 1; if (!is_valid_gup_args(pages, locked, &gup_flags, FOLL_TOUCH | FOLL_REMOTE)) return -EINVAL; return __get_user_pages_locked(mm, start, nr_pages, pages, locked ? locked : &local_locked, gup_flags); }

      policy logic

    6. static __always_inline long __get_user_pages_locked(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, struct page **pages, int *locked, unsigned int flags) { long ret, pages_done; bool must_unlock = false; /* * The internal caller expects GUP to manage the lock internally and the * lock must be released when this returns. */ if (!*locked) { if (mmap_read_lock_killable(mm)) return -EAGAIN; must_unlock = true; *locked = 1; } else mmap_assert_locked(mm); if (flags & FOLL_PIN) mm_set_has_pinned_flag(&mm->flags); /* * FOLL_PIN and FOLL_GET are mutually exclusive. Traditional behavior * is to set FOLL_GET if the caller wants pages[] filled in (but has * carelessly failed to specify FOLL_GET), so keep doing that, but only * for FOLL_GET, not for the newer FOLL_PIN. * * FOLL_PIN always expects pages to be non-null, but no need to assert * that here, as any failures will be obvious enough. */ if (pages && !(flags & FOLL_PIN)) flags |= FOLL_GET; pages_done = 0; for (;;) { ret = __get_user_pages(mm, start, nr_pages, flags, pages, locked); if (!(flags & FOLL_UNLOCKABLE)) { /* VM_FAULT_RETRY couldn't trigger, bypass */ pages_done = ret; break; } /* VM_FAULT_RETRY or VM_FAULT_COMPLETED cannot return errors */ if (!*locked) { BUG_ON(ret < 0); BUG_ON(ret >= nr_pages); } if (ret > 0) { nr_pages -= ret; pages_done += ret; if (!nr_pages) break; } if (*locked) { /* * VM_FAULT_RETRY didn't trigger or it was a * FOLL_NOWAIT. */ if (!pages_done) pages_done = ret; break; } /* * VM_FAULT_RETRY triggered, so seek to the faulting offset. * For the prefault case (!pages) we only update counts. */ if (likely(pages)) pages += ret; start += ret << PAGE_SHIFT; /* The lock was temporarily dropped, so we must unlock later */ must_unlock = true; retry: /* * Repeat on the address that fired VM_FAULT_RETRY * with both FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY and * FAULT_FLAG_TRIED. Note that GUP can be interrupted * by fatal signals of even common signals, depending on * the caller's request. So we need to check it before we * start trying again otherwise it can loop forever. */ if (gup_signal_pending(flags)) { if (!pages_done) pages_done = -EINTR; break; } ret = mmap_read_lock_killable(mm); if (ret) { BUG_ON(ret > 0); if (!pages_done) pages_done = ret; break; } *locked = 1; ret = __get_user_pages(mm, start, 1, flags | FOLL_TRIED, pages, locked); if (!*locked) { /* Continue to retry until we succeeded */ BUG_ON(ret != 0); goto retry; } if (ret != 1) { BUG_ON(ret > 1); if (!pages_done) pages_done = ret; break; } nr_pages--; pages_done++; if (!nr_pages) break; if (likely(pages)) pages++; start += PAGE_SIZE; } if (must_unlock && *locked) { /* * We either temporarily dropped the lock, or the caller * requested that we both acquire and drop the lock. Either way, * we must now unlock, and notify the caller of that state. */ mmap_read_unlock(mm); *locked = 0; } return pages_done; }

      same as gup but sets/unsets mmap_lock

    7. int fixup_user_fault(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address, unsigned int fault_flags, bool *unlocked) { struct vm_area_struct *vma; vm_fault_t ret; address = untagged_addr_remote(mm, address); if (unlocked) fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_ALLOW_RETRY | FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE; retry: vma = gup_vma_lookup(mm, address); if (!vma) return -EFAULT; if (!vma_permits_fault(vma, fault_flags)) return -EFAULT; if ((fault_flags & FAULT_FLAG_KILLABLE) && fatal_signal_pending(current)) return -EINTR; ret = handle_mm_fault(vma, address, fault_flags, NULL); if (ret & VM_FAULT_COMPLETED) { /* * NOTE: it's a pity that we need to retake the lock here * to pair with the unlock() in the callers. Ideally we * could tell the callers so they do not need to unlock. */ mmap_read_lock(mm); *unlocked = true; return 0; } if (ret & VM_FAULT_ERROR) { int err = vm_fault_to_errno(ret, 0); if (err) return err; BUG(); } if (ret & VM_FAULT_RETRY) { mmap_read_lock(mm); *unlocked = true; fault_flags |= FAULT_FLAG_TRIED; goto retry; } return 0; }

      resolves user page fault. policy logic

    8. static long __get_user_pages(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start, unsigned long nr_pages, unsigned int gup_flags, struct page **pages, int *locked) { long ret = 0, i = 0; struct vm_area_struct *vma = NULL; struct follow_page_context ctx = { NULL }; if (!nr_pages) return 0; start = untagged_addr_remote(mm, start); VM_BUG_ON(!!pages != !!(gup_flags & (FOLL_GET | FOLL_PIN))); do { struct page *page; unsigned int foll_flags = gup_flags; unsigned int page_increm; /* first iteration or cross vma bound */ if (!vma || start >= vma->vm_end) { /* * MADV_POPULATE_(READ|WRITE) wants to handle VMA * lookups+error reporting differently. */ if (gup_flags & FOLL_MADV_POPULATE) { vma = vma_lookup(mm, start); if (!vma) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto out; } if (check_vma_flags(vma, gup_flags)) { ret = -EINVAL; goto out; } goto retry; } vma = gup_vma_lookup(mm, start); if (!vma && in_gate_area(mm, start)) { ret = get_gate_page(mm, start & PAGE_MASK, gup_flags, &vma, pages ? &page : NULL); if (ret) goto out; ctx.page_mask = 0; goto next_page; } if (!vma) { ret = -EFAULT; goto out; } ret = check_vma_flags(vma, gup_flags); if (ret) goto out; } retry: /* * If we have a pending SIGKILL, don't keep faulting pages and * potentially allocating memory. */ if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) { ret = -EINTR; goto out; } cond_resched(); page = follow_page_mask(vma, start, foll_flags, &ctx); if (!page || PTR_ERR(page) == -EMLINK) { ret = faultin_page(vma, start, &foll_flags, PTR_ERR(page) == -EMLINK, locked); switch (ret) { case 0: goto retry; case -EBUSY: case -EAGAIN: ret = 0; fallthrough; case -EFAULT: case -ENOMEM: case -EHWPOISON: goto out; } BUG(); } else if (PTR_ERR(page) == -EEXIST) { /* * Proper page table entry exists, but no corresponding * struct page. If the caller expects **pages to be * filled in, bail out now, because that can't be done * for this page. */ if (pages) { ret = PTR_ERR(page); goto out; } } else if (IS_ERR(page)) { ret = PTR_ERR(page); goto out; } next_page: page_increm = 1 + (~(start >> PAGE_SHIFT) & ctx.page_mask); if (page_increm > nr_pages) page_increm = nr_pages; if (pages) { struct page *subpage; unsigned int j; /* * This must be a large folio (and doesn't need to * be the whole folio; it can be part of it), do * the refcount work for all the subpages too. * * NOTE: here the page may not be the head page * e.g. when start addr is not thp-size aligned. * try_grab_folio() should have taken care of tail * pages. */ if (page_increm > 1) { struct folio *folio; /* * Since we already hold refcount on the * large folio, this should never fail. */ folio = try_grab_folio(page, page_increm - 1, foll_flags); if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!folio)) { /* * Release the 1st page ref if the * folio is problematic, fail hard. */ gup_put_folio(page_folio(page), 1, foll_flags); ret = -EFAULT; goto out; } } for (j = 0; j < page_increm; j++) { subpage = nth_page(page, j); pages[i + j] = subpage; flush_anon_page(vma, subpage, start + j * PAGE_SIZE); flush_dcache_page(subpage); } } i += page_increm; start += page_increm * PAGE_SIZE; nr_pages -= page_increm; } while (nr_pages); out: if (ctx.pgmap) put_dev_pagemap(ctx.pgmap); return i ? i : ret; }

      Literally the actual policy logic of gup. Most important piece of code right here for gup

    9. static bool writable_file_mapping_allowed(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long gup_flags) { /* * If we aren't pinning then no problematic write can occur. A long term * pin is the most egregious case so this is the case we disallow. */ if ((gup_flags & (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM)) != (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_LONGTERM)) return true; /* * If the VMA does not require dirty tracking then no problematic write * can occur either. */ return !vma_needs_dirty_tracking(vma); }

      Def policy code. checks if we can write to a map

    10. /* user gate pages are read-only */ if (gup_flags & FOLL_WRITE) return -EFAULT; if (address > TASK_SIZE) pgd = pgd_offset_k(address); else pgd = pgd_offset_gate(mm, address); if (pgd_none(*pgd)) return -EFAULT; p4d = p4d_offset(pgd, address); if (p4d_none(*p4d)) return -EFAULT; pud = pud_offset(p4d, address); if (pud_none(*pud)) return -EFAULT; pmd = pmd_offset(pud, address); if (!pmd_present(*pmd)) return -EFAULT; pte = pte_offset_map(pmd, address); if (!pte) return -EFAULT; entry = ptep_get(pte); if (pte_none(entry)) goto unmap; *vma = get_gate_vma(mm); if (!page) goto out; *page = vm_normal_page(*vma, address, entry); if (!*page) { if ((gup_flags & FOLL_DUMP) || !is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(entry))) goto unmap; *page = pte_page(entry); } ret = try_grab_page(*page, gup_flags); if (unlikely(ret)) goto unmap;

      Most of these seem like sanity checks right up until line 897 i.e, 'if(!page)'* after which we seem to unmap the page.

    11. static struct page *follow_page_mask(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned int flags, struct follow_page_context *ctx) { pgd_t *pgd; struct mm_struct *mm = vma->vm_mm; ctx->page_mask = 0; /* * Call hugetlb_follow_page_mask for hugetlb vmas as it will use * special hugetlb page table walking code. This eliminates the * need to check for hugetlb entries in the general walking code. */ if (is_vm_hugetlb_page(vma)) return hugetlb_follow_page_mask(vma, address, flags, &ctx->page_mask); pgd = pgd_offset(mm, address); if (pgd_none(*pgd) || unlikely(pgd_bad(*pgd))) return no_page_table(vma, flags); return follow_p4d_mask(vma, address, pgd, flags, ctx); }

      places mask after following page into pte

    12. struct page *follow_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, unsigned int foll_flags) { struct follow_page_context ctx = { NULL }; struct page *page; if (vma_is_secretmem(vma)) return NULL; if (WARN_ON_ONCE(foll_flags & FOLL_PIN)) return NULL; /* * We never set FOLL_HONOR_NUMA_FAULT because callers don't expect * to fail on PROT_NONE-mapped pages. */ page = follow_page_mask(vma, address, foll_flags, &ctx); if (ctx.pgmap) put_dev_pagemap(ctx.pgmap); return page; }

      finds page

    13. if (flags & FOLL_SPLIT_PMD) { spin_unlock(ptl); split_huge_pmd(vma, pmd, address); /* If pmd was left empty, stuff a page table in there quickly */ return pte_alloc(mm, pmd) ? ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM) : follow_page_pte(vma, address, pmd, flags, &ctx->pgmap); } page = follow_trans_huge_pmd(vma, address, pmd, flags); spin_unlock(ptl); ctx->page_mask = HPAGE_PMD_NR - 1; return page;

      we're finding the page again but storing page mask in ctx

    14. /* FOLL_GET and FOLL_PIN are mutually exclusive. */ if (WARN_ON_ONCE((flags & (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_GET)) == (FOLL_PIN | FOLL_GET))) return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL); ptep = pte_offset_map_lock(mm, pmd, address, &ptl); if (!ptep) return no_page_table(vma, flags); pte = ptep_get(ptep); if (!pte_present(pte)) goto no_page; if (pte_protnone(pte) && !gup_can_follow_protnone(vma, flags)) goto no_page; page = vm_normal_page(vma, address, pte); /* * We only care about anon pages in can_follow_write_pte() and don't * have to worry about pte_devmap() because they are never anon. */ if ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) && !can_follow_write_pte(pte, page, vma, flags)) { page = NULL; goto out; } if (!page && pte_devmap(pte) && (flags & (FOLL_GET | FOLL_PIN))) { /* * Only return device mapping pages in the FOLL_GET or FOLL_PIN * case since they are only valid while holding the pgmap * reference. */ *pgmap = get_dev_pagemap(pte_pfn(pte), *pgmap); if (*pgmap) page = pte_page(pte); else goto no_page; } else if (unlikely(!page)) { if (flags & FOLL_DUMP) { /* Avoid special (like zero) pages in core dumps */ page = ERR_PTR(-EFAULT); goto out; } if (is_zero_pfn(pte_pfn(pte))) { page = pte_page(pte); } else { ret = follow_pfn_pte(vma, address, ptep, flags); page = ERR_PTR(ret); goto out; } } if (!pte_write(pte) && gup_must_unshare(vma, flags, page)) { page = ERR_PTR(-EMLINK); goto out; } VM_BUG_ON_PAGE((flags & FOLL_PIN) && PageAnon(page) && !PageAnonExclusive(page), page); /* try_grab_page() does nothing unless FOLL_GET or FOLL_PIN is set. */ ret = try_grab_page(page, flags); if (unlikely(ret)) { page = ERR_PTR(ret); goto out; } /* * We need to make the page accessible if and only if we are going * to access its content (the FOLL_PIN case). Please see * Documentation/core-api/pin_user_pages.rst for details. */ if (flags & FOLL_PIN) { ret = arch_make_page_accessible(page); if (ret) { unpin_user_page(page); page = ERR_PTR(ret); goto out; } } if (flags & FOLL_TOUCH) { if ((flags & FOLL_WRITE) && !pte_dirty(pte) && !PageDirty(page)) set_page_dirty(page); /* * pte_mkyoung() would be more correct here, but atomic care * is needed to avoid losing the dirty bit: it is easier to use * mark_page_accessed(). */ mark_page_accessed(page); }

      finds page in pte. Judging by the complexity of the logic this is most likely policy code because we're literally getting user page

    15. if (flags & FOLL_TOUCH) { pte_t orig_entry = ptep_get(pte); pte_t entry = orig_entry; if (flags & FOLL_WRITE) entry = pte_mkdirty(entry); entry = pte_mkyoung(entry); if (!pte_same(orig_entry, entry)) { set_pte_at(vma->vm_mm, address, pte, entry); update_mmu_cache(vma, address, pte); }

      uses pte to mark dirty pages and finds pfn in pte

    16. if (unlikely(page_folio(page) != folio)) { if (!put_devmap_managed_page_refs(&folio->page, refs)) folio_put_refs(folio, refs); goto retry;

      Uses prediction to check if a folio still points to the page. This is part of the function that tries to retrieve the folio to confirm that it is associated with a page.

    17. folio = page_folio(page); if (WARN_ON_ONCE(folio_ref_count(folio) < 0)) return NULL; if (unlikely(!folio_ref_try_add(folio, refs))) return NULL;

      These increment the reference count for the folio since you're returning a reference of the folio. Important function so important internal logic subsequently

    18. if (flags & FOLL_GET) return try_get_folio(page, refs);

      Policy logic that determines and tries to retrieve folios based on given flags.

    19. if (flags & FOLL_PIN) { ret = arch_make_page_accessible(page); if (ret) { gup_put_folio(folio, 1, flags); goto pte_unmap; } }

      part of policy code

    20. if (!(gup_flags & FOLL_LONGTERM)) return __get_user_pages_locked(mm, start, nr_pages, pages, locked, gup_flags);

      policy decision to get locked page!

    21. if (page_increm > nr_pages) page_increm = nr_pages;

      next page logic

    22. */ if (gup_flags & FOLL_MADV_POPULATE) { vma = vma_lookup(mm, start); if (!vma) { ret = -ENOMEM; goto out; } if (check_vma_flags(vma, gup_flags)) { ret = -EINVAL; goto out; } goto retry; }

      page populate flag for sure

  2. Oct 2022
    1. After the first week of the campaign, we realized what are the main problematic pillars and fixed them right away. Nevertheless, even with these improvements and strong support from the Gamefound team, we’re not even close to achieving the backer numbers with which we could safely promise to create a game of the quality we think it deserves.
  3. Apr 2021