linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/6] x86: mm: clean up tlb flushing code

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Date:	Thu, 24 Apr 2014 09:33:04 +0100
From:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
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, riel@...hat.com, alex.shi@...aro.org,
	dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/6] x86: mm: clean up tlb flushing code

On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:24:20AM -0700, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> The
> 
> 	if (cpumask_any_but(mm_cpumask(mm), smp_processor_id()) < nr_cpu_ids)
> 
> line of code is not exactly the easiest to audit, especially when
> it ends up at two different indentation levels.  This eliminates
> one of the the copy-n-paste versions.  It also gives us a unified
> exit point for each path through this function.  We need this in
> a minute for our tracepoint.
> 
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> ---
> 
>  b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c |   23 +++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff -puN arch/x86/mm/tlb.c~simplify-tlb-code arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c~simplify-tlb-code	2014-04-21 11:10:34.431818610 -0700
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c	2014-04-21 11:10:34.435818791 -0700
> @@ -161,23 +161,24 @@ void flush_tlb_current_task(void)
>  void flush_tlb_mm_range(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long start,
>  				unsigned long end, unsigned long vmflag)
>  {
> +	int need_flush_others_all = 1;
>  	unsigned long addr;
>  	unsigned act_entries, tlb_entries = 0;
>  	unsigned long nr_base_pages;
>  

Could make that bool but otherwise

Acked-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>

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Mel Gorman
SUSE Labs
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