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Some architectures can have their hugetlb pages down at the lowest PTE level: their huge_pte_alloc() using pte_alloc_map(), but without any following pte_unmap(). Since none of these arches uses CONFIG_HIGHPTE, this is not seen as a problem at present; but would become a problem if forthcoming changes were to add an rcu_read_lock() into pte_offset_map(), with the rcu_read_unlock() expected in pte_unmap(). Similarly in their huge_pte_offset(): pte_offset_kernel() is good enough for that, but it's probably less confusing if we define pte_offset_huge() along with pte_alloc_huge(). Only define them without CONFIG_HIGHPTE: so there would be a build error to signal if ever more work is needed. For ease of development, define these now for 6.4-rc1, ahead of any use: then architectures can integrate patches using them, independent from mm. Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/ae9e7d98-8a3a-cfd9-4762-bcddffdf96cf@google.com Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Reviewed-by: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com> Cc: Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev> Signed-off-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.