linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] mm: Flush the TLB for a single address in a huge page

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Message-ID: <55B11C85.5070900@intel.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jul 2015 09:55:33 -0700
From:	Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
CC:	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mm: Flush the TLB for a single address in a huge page

On 07/23/2015 09:16 AM, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> Anyway, if you want to keep the option of a full TLB flush for x86 on
> huge pages, I'm happy to repost a v2 with a separate
> flush_tlb_pmd_huge_page that arch code can define as it sees fit.

I think your patch is fine on x86.  We need to keep an eye out for any
regressions, but I think it's OK.
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