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@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ between device driver specific code and shared common code:
walks to fill in the ``args->src`` array with PFNs to be migrated.
The ``invalidate_range_start()`` callback is passed a
``struct mmu_notifier_range`` with the ``event`` field set to
- ``MMU_NOTIFY_MIGRATE`` and the ``migrate_pgmap_owner`` field set to
+ ``MMU_NOTIFY_MIGRATE`` and the ``owner`` field set to
the ``args->pgmap_owner`` field passed to migrate_vma_setup(). This is
allows the device driver to skip the invalidation callback and only
invalidate device private MMU mappings that are actually migrating.
@@ -405,6 +405,23 @@ between device driver specific code and shared common code:
The lock can now be released.
+Exclusive access memory
+=======================
+
+Some devices have features such as atomic PTE bits that can be used to implement
+atomic access to system memory. To support atomic operations to a shared virtual
+memory page such a device needs access to that page which is exclusive of any
+userspace access from the CPU. The ``make_device_exclusive_range()`` function
+can be used to make a memory range inaccessible from userspace.
+
+This replaces all mappings for pages in the given range with special swap
+entries. Any attempt to access the swap entry results in a fault which is
+resovled by replacing the entry with the original mapping. A driver gets
+notified that the mapping has been changed by MMU notifiers, after which point
+it will no longer have exclusive access to the page. Exclusive access is
+guranteed to last until the driver drops the page lock and page reference, at
+which point any CPU faults on the page may proceed as described.
+
Memory cgroup (memcg) and rss accounting
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