linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] mm: Fix the TLB range flushed when __tlb_remove

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Date:	Fri, 31 May 2013 16:23:49 +0530
From:	Vineet Gupta <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	<linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>,
	"Vineet Gupta" <Vineet.Gupta1@...opsys.com>,
	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>, Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
	Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] mm: Fix the TLB range flushed when __tlb_remove_page() runs out of slots

zap_pte_range loops from @addr to @end. In the middle, if it runs out of
batching slots, TLB entries needs to be flushed for @start to @interim,
NOT @interim to @end.

Since ARC port doesn't use page free batching I can't test it myself but
this seems like the right thing to do.
Observed this when working on a fix for the issue at thread:
	http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-arch/msg21736.html

Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@...opsys.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>
Cc: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
Cc: David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc: linux-arch@...r.kernel.org <linux-arch@...r.kernel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
Cc: Alex Shi <alex.shi@...el.com>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
---
 mm/memory.c |    9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/memory.c b/mm/memory.c
index 6dc1882..d9d5fd9 100644
--- a/mm/memory.c
+++ b/mm/memory.c
@@ -1110,6 +1110,7 @@ static unsigned long zap_pte_range(struct mmu_gather *tlb,
 	spinlock_t *ptl;
 	pte_t *start_pte;
 	pte_t *pte;
+	unsigned long range_start = addr;
 
 again:
 	init_rss_vec(rss);
@@ -1215,12 +1216,14 @@ again:
 		force_flush = 0;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_GENERIC_MMU_GATHER
-		tlb->start = addr;
-		tlb->end = end;
+		tlb->start = range_start;
+		tlb->end = addr;
 #endif
 		tlb_flush_mmu(tlb);
-		if (addr != end)
+		if (addr != end) {
+			range_start = addr;
 			goto again;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return addr;
-- 
1.7.10.4

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