lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2018]   [Jul]   [17]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [tip:x86/mm] x86/mm/tlb: Leave lazy TLB mode at page table free time
On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 02:34:07AM -0700, tip-bot for Rik van Riel wrote:
> diff --git a/include/asm-generic/tlb.h b/include/asm-generic/tlb.h
> index 3063125197ad..e811ef7b8350 100644
> --- a/include/asm-generic/tlb.h
> +++ b/include/asm-generic/tlb.h
> @@ -303,4 +303,14 @@ static inline void tlb_remove_check_page_size_change(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
>
> #define tlb_migrate_finish(mm) do {} while (0)
>
> +/*
> + * Used to flush the TLB when page tables are removed, when lazy
> + * TLB mode may cause a CPU to retain intermediate translations
> + * pointing to about-to-be-freed page table memory.
> + */
> +#ifndef HAVE_TLB_FLUSH_REMOVE_TABLES
> +#define tlb_flush_remove_tables(mm) do {} while (0)
> +#define tlb_flush_remove_tables_local(mm) do {} while (0)
> +#endif

Is there a reason these are not inline functions, which gets us type
checking and the like?

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2018-07-17 13:47    [W:0.378 / U:0.040 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site