linux-kernel - [PATCH 8/8] x86/mm/cpa: Optimize __cpa_flush

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Date:   Wed, 19 Sep 2018 10:50:24 +0200
From:   Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, x86@...nel.org,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Bin Yang <bin.yang@...el.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Mark Gross <mark.gross@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 8/8] x86/mm/cpa: Optimize __cpa_flush_range()

If we IPI for WBINDV, then we might as well kill the entire TLB too.
But if we don't have to invalidate cache, there is no reason not to
use a range TLB flush.

Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
---
 arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ static bool __cpa_flush_range(unsigned l
 
 	WARN_ON(PAGE_ALIGN(start) != start);
 
-	if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH)) {
+	if (cache && !static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_CLFLUSH)) {
 		cpa_flush_all(cache);
 		return true;
 	}