use lru instead of page->index and page->private for pgd lists management. From: Christoph Lameter x86_64 currently simulates a list using the index and private fields of the page struct. Seems that the code was inherited from i386. But x86_64 does not use the slab to allocate pgds and pmds etc. So the lru field is not used by the slab and therefore available. This patch uses standard list operations on page->lru to realize pgd tracking. Signed-off-by: Christoph Lameter Signed-off-by: Andi Kleen Cc: Andi Kleen Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c | 5 ++--- include/asm-x86_64/pgalloc.h | 14 +++----------- include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h | 2 +- 3 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) Index: linux/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c =================================================================== --- linux.orig/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c +++ linux/arch/x86_64/mm/fault.c @@ -585,7 +585,7 @@ do_sigbus: } DEFINE_SPINLOCK(pgd_lock); -struct page *pgd_list; +LIST_HEAD(pgd_list); void vmalloc_sync_all(void) { @@ -605,8 +605,7 @@ void vmalloc_sync_all(void) if (pgd_none(*pgd_ref)) continue; spin_lock(&pgd_lock); - for (page = pgd_list; page; - page = (struct page *)page->index) { + list_for_each_entry(page, &pgd_list, lru) { pgd_t *pgd; pgd = (pgd_t *)page_address(page) + pgd_index(address); if (pgd_none(*pgd)) Index: linux/include/asm-x86_64/pgalloc.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/include/asm-x86_64/pgalloc.h +++ linux/include/asm-x86_64/pgalloc.h @@ -44,24 +44,16 @@ static inline void pgd_list_add(pgd_t *p struct page *page = virt_to_page(pgd); spin_lock(&pgd_lock); - page->index = (pgoff_t)pgd_list; - if (pgd_list) - pgd_list->private = (unsigned long)&page->index; - pgd_list = page; - page->private = (unsigned long)&pgd_list; + list_add(&page->lru, &pgd_list); spin_unlock(&pgd_lock); } static inline void pgd_list_del(pgd_t *pgd) { - struct page *next, **pprev, *page = virt_to_page(pgd); + struct page *page = virt_to_page(pgd); spin_lock(&pgd_lock); - next = (struct page *)page->index; - pprev = (struct page **)page->private; - *pprev = next; - if (next) - next->private = (unsigned long)pprev; + list_del(&page->lru); spin_unlock(&pgd_lock); } Index: linux/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h =================================================================== --- linux.orig/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h +++ linux/include/asm-x86_64/pgtable.h @@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ static inline pte_t pte_modify(pte_t pte #define __swp_entry_to_pte(x) ((pte_t) { (x).val }) extern spinlock_t pgd_lock; -extern struct page *pgd_list; +extern struct list_head pgd_list; void vmalloc_sync_all(void); extern int kern_addr_valid(unsigned long addr);