linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] x86: mm: new tunable for single vs full TLB flush

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Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2014 15:03:52 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
To:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>, Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
CC:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com,
	ak@...ux.intel.com, alex.shi@...aro.org,
	dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] x86: mm: new tunable for single vs full TLB flush

On 04/24/2014 10:53 AM, Rik van Riel wrote:
>> I do agree that it's ambiguous at best.  I'll go see if anybody cares to
>> update that bit.
> 
> I suspect that IF the TLB actually uses a 2MB entry for the
> translation, a single INVLPG will work.
> 
> However, the CPU is free to cache the translations for a 2MB
> region with a bunch of 4kB entries, if it wanted to, so in
> the end we have no guarantee that an INVLPG will actually do
> the right thing...
> 
> The same is definitely true for 1GB vs 2MB entries, with
> some CPUs being capable of parsing page tables with 1GB
> entries, but having no TLB entries for 1GB translations.

I believe we _do_ have such a guarantee.  There's another bit in the SDM
that someone pointed out to me in a footnote in "4.10.4.1":

	1. If the paging structures map the linear address using a page
	larger than 4 KBytes and there are multiple TLB entries for
	that page (see Section 4.10.2.3), the instruction invalidates
	all of them.

While that's not in the easiest-to-find place in the documents, it looks
pretty clear.
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