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diff --git a/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst b/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst index 889b00be469f..c08919662704 100644 --- a/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst +++ b/Documentation/vm/split_page_table_lock.rst @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ There are helpers to lock/unlock a table and other accessor functions: Split page table lock for PTE tables is enabled compile-time if CONFIG_SPLIT_PTLOCK_CPUS (usually 4) is less or equal to NR_CPUS. -If split lock is disabled, all tables guaded by mm->page_table_lock. +If split lock is disabled, all tables are guarded by mm->page_table_lock. Split page table lock for PMD tables is enabled, if it's enabled for PTE tables and the architecture supports it (see below). @@ -54,9 +54,9 @@ Hugetlb-specific helpers: Support of split page table lock by an architecture =================================================== -There's no need in special enabling of PTE split page table lock: -everything required is done by pgtable_page_ctor() and pgtable_page_dtor(), -which must be called on PTE table allocation / freeing. +There's no need in special enabling of PTE split page table lock: everything +required is done by pgtable_pte_page_ctor() and pgtable_pte_page_dtor(), which +must be called on PTE table allocation / freeing. Make sure the architecture doesn't use slab allocator for page table allocation: slab uses page->slab_cache for its pages. @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ paths: i.e X86_PAE preallocate few PMDs on pgd_alloc(). With everything in place you can set CONFIG_ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK. -NOTE: pgtable_page_ctor() and pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() can fail -- it must +NOTE: pgtable_pte_page_ctor() and pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() can fail -- it must be handled properly. page->ptl @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ trick: split lock with enabled DEBUG_SPINLOCK or DEBUG_LOCK_ALLOC, but costs one more cache line for indirect access; -The spinlock_t allocated in pgtable_page_ctor() for PTE table and in +The spinlock_t allocated in pgtable_pte_page_ctor() for PTE table and in pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() for PMD table. Please, never access page->ptl directly -- use appropriate helper. |