linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 07/13] powerpc: Preemptible mmu

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Date:	Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:22:06 +0200
From:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
To:	Nick Piggin <npiggin@...e.de>
Cc:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Avi Kivity <avi@...hat.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
	Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>,
	Hugh Dickins <hugh.dickins@...cali.co.uk>,
	Mel Gorman <mel@....ul.ie>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/13] powerpc: Preemptible mmu_gather

On Fri, 2010-04-09 at 18:46 +1000, Nick Piggin wrote:
> > struct mmu_page {
> >   struct page *page;
> > #ifdef HAVE_ARCH_TLB_VADDR
> >   unsigned long vaddr;
> > #endif
> > };
> 
> Well you could also have a per-arch struct for this, which they can
> fill in their own info with (I think powerpc takes the pte as well)

Ah, right you are.

Maybe something like:

#ifndef tlb_fill_page
struct mmu_page {
	struct page *page;
};

#define tlb_fill_page(tlb, pte, addr) do { } while (0)
#endif

Which can be used from the tlb_remove_tlb_entry() implementation to
gather both the pte and addr. The only complication seems to be that
tlb_remove_tlb_entry() and tlb_remove_page() aren't always matched.

Also, it looks like both power and sparc drive the pte/vaddr flush from
the pte_update/set_pte_at like functions. Which means its not synced to
the mmu_gather at all.

So I'm not at all sure its feasible to link these, but I'll keep it in
mind.

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