linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/46] mm: Only flush the TLB when clearing an accessible pte

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Date:	Wed, 21 Nov 2012 10:21:11 +0000
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
	Paul Turner <pjt@...gle.com>,
	Lee Schermerhorn <Lee.Schermerhorn@...com>,
	Alex Shi <lkml.alex@...il.com>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Linux-MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Subject: [PATCH 05/46] mm: Only flush the TLB when clearing an accessible pte

From: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

If ptep_clear_flush() is called to clear a page table entry that is
accessible anyway by the CPU, eg. a _PAGE_PROTNONE page table entry,
there is no need to flush the TLB on remote CPUs.

Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-vm3rkzevahelwhejx5uwm8ex@git.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
---
 mm/pgtable-generic.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
index d8397da..0c8323f 100644
--- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c
+++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ pte_t ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 {
 	pte_t pte;
 	pte = ptep_get_and_clear((vma)->vm_mm, address, ptep);
-	flush_tlb_page(vma, address);
+	if (pte_accessible(pte))
+		flush_tlb_page(vma, address);
 	return pte;
 }
 #endif
-- 
1.7.9.2

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