linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm: Reinitialize TLB state on hotplug and resume

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Message-ID: <20170907101018.hdekw2fzpwjnf6d4@pd.tnic>
Date:   Thu, 7 Sep 2017 12:10:19 +0200
From:   Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:     Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] x86/mm: Reinitialize TLB state on hotplug and resume

On Thu, Sep 07, 2017 at 11:59:32AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> Agreed absolutely, but note that this affects more functions as well - for example 
> enter_lazy_tlb() should probably be tlb_lazy_enter() - or at least 
> lazy_tlb_enter() or such?

Yeah, or tlb_enter_lazy() or even tlb_enter_lazy_mode() or so. I could
give it a try when things get a bit quieter and see how it actually
looks and how much "better" it becomes, staring at that code...

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