linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/mm: TLB_REMOTE_SEND

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Message-ID: <64432900-43CA-4D72-A041-44B0F40DBE88@vmware.com>
Date:	Mon, 28 Mar 2016 20:44:07 +0000
From:	Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
To:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] x86/mm: TLB_REMOTE_SEND_IPI should count pages

On 3/28/16, 1:38 PM, "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:


>On Sat, 26 Mar 2016 01:25:04 -0700 Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com> wrote:
>
>> TLB_REMOTE_SEND_IPI was recently introduced, but it counts bytes instead
>> of pages. In addition, it does not report correctly the case in which
>> flush_tlb_page flushes a page. Fix it to be consistent with other TLB
>> counters.
>> 
>> Fixes: 4595f9620cda8a1e973588e743cf5f8436dd20c6
>
>I think you mean 5b74283ab251b9 ("x86, mm: trace when an IPI is about
>to be sent")?

Indeed.