mm,slub,x86: decouple size of struct page from CONFIG_CMPXCHG_LOCAL

[platform/adaptation/renesas_rcar/renesas_kernel.git] / include / linux / mm_types.h

diff --git a/include/linux/mm_types.h b/include/linux/mm_types.h
index 3e01a19..3cc3062 100644 (file)
--- a/include/linux/mm_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/mm_types.h
@@ -62,10 +62,23 @@ struct page {
                        struct {
 
                                union {
-                                       atomic_t _mapcount;     /* Count of ptes mapped in mms,
-                                                        * to show when page is mapped
-                                                        * & limit reverse map searches.
-                                                        */
+                                       /*
+                                        * Count of ptes mapped in
+                                        * mms, to show when page is
+                                        * mapped & limit reverse map
+                                        * searches.
+                                        *
+                                        * Used also for tail pages
+                                        * refcounting instead of
+                                        * _count. Tail pages cannot
+                                        * be mapped and keeping the
+                                        * tail page _count zero at
+                                        * all times guarantees
+                                        * get_page_unless_zero() will
+                                        * never succeed on tail
+                                        * pages.
+                                        */
+                                       atomic_t _mapcount;
 
                                        struct {
                                                unsigned inuse:16;
@@ -138,12 +151,11 @@ struct page {
 #endif
 }
 /*
- * If another subsystem starts using the double word pairing for atomic
- * operations on struct page then it must change the #if to ensure
- * proper alignment of the page struct.
+ * The struct page can be forced to be double word aligned so that atomic ops
+ * on double words work. The SLUB allocator can make use of such a feature.
  */
-#if defined(CONFIG_SLUB) && defined(CONFIG_CMPXCHG_LOCAL)
-       __attribute__((__aligned__(2*sizeof(unsigned long))))
+#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_ALIGNED_STRUCT_PAGE
+       __aligned(2 * sizeof(unsigned long))
 #endif
 ;