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The functions wp_huge_pmd() and wp_huge_pud() currently relies on the huge_fault() callback to split huge page table entries if needed. However for module users that requires export of the split_huge_xxx() functionality which may be undesired. Instead split pre-existing huge page-table entries on VM_FAULT_FALLBACK return. We currently only do COW and write-notify on the PTE level, so if the huge_fault() handler returns VM_FAULT_FALLBACK on wp faults, split the huge pages and page-table entries. Also do this for huge PUDs if there is no huge_fault() handler and the vma is not anonymous, similar to how it's done for PMDs. Note that fs/dax.c still does the splitting in the huge_fault() handler, but as huge_fault() A follow-up patch can remove the dax.c split_huge_pmd() if needed. Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com> Cc: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@infradead.org> Cc: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@nvidia.com> Cc: "Jérôme Glisse" <jglisse@redhat.com> Cc: "Christian König" <christian.koenig@amd.com> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Thomas Hellstrom (VMware) <thomas_os@shipmail.org> Acked-by: Christian König <christian.koenig@amd.com> Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.