linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] mremap: use mmu gather logic for tlb flush in mremap

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Date:   Mon, 28 Nov 2016 09:42:07 -0800
From:   Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Cc:     Aaron Lu <aaron.lu@...el.com>,
        Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Huang Ying <ying.huang@...el.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] mremap: use mmu gather logic for tlb flush in mremap

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 9:32 AM, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com> wrote:
>
> But, both call-sites are still keeping 'force_flush' to store the
> information about whether we ever saw a dirty pte.  If we moved _that_
> logic into the x86 mmu_gather code, we could get rid of all the
> 'force_flush' tracking in both call sites.  It also makes us a bit more
> future-proof against these page_mkclean() races if we ever grow a third
> site for clearing ptes.

Yeah, that sounds like a nice cleanup and would put all the real state
into that mmu_gather structure.

            Linus