linux-kernel - Re: [patch 2/5]thp: remove unnecessary tlb flush for mprotect

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Date:	Thu, 10 Nov 2011 16:23:12 +0100
From:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
To:	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	lkml <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [patch 2/5]thp: remove unnecessary tlb flush for mprotect

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:59:25AM +0800, Shaohua Li wrote:
> change_protection() will do TLB flush later, don't need duplicate tlb flush.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>
> ---
>  mm/huge_memory.c |    1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> Index: linux/mm/huge_memory.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux.orig/mm/huge_memory.c	2011-10-24 19:24:31.000000000 +0800
> +++ linux/mm/huge_memory.c	2011-10-24 19:25:10.000000000 +0800
> @@ -1079,7 +1079,6 @@ int change_huge_pmd(struct vm_area_struc
>  			entry = pmd_modify(entry, newprot);
>  			set_pmd_at(mm, addr, pmd, entry);
>  			spin_unlock(&vma->vm_mm->page_table_lock);
> -			flush_tlb_range(vma, addr, addr + HPAGE_PMD_SIZE);
>  			ret = 1;
>  		}
>  	} else

Reviewed-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>
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