linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] RISC-V: Issue a tlb page flush if possible

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Date:   Thu, 22 Aug 2019 04:02:37 +0000
From:   Atish Patra <Atish.Patra@....com>
To:     "hch@....de" <hch@....de>
CC:     "paul.walmsley@...ive.com" <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        "linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org" <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "schwab@...ux-m68k.org" <schwab@...ux-m68k.org>,
        Anup Patel <Anup.Patel@....com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "palmer@...ive.com" <palmer@...ive.com>,
        "aou@...s.berkeley.edu" <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/3] RISC-V: Issue a tlb page flush if possible

On Thu, 2019-08-22 at 03:50 +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 05:46:43PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote:
> > +		if (size <= PAGE_SIZE && size != -1)
> > +			local_flush_tlb_page(start);
> > +		else
> > +			local_flush_tlb_all();
> 
> As Andreas pointed out (unsigned long)-1 is actually larger than
> PAGE_SIZE, so we don't need the extra check.

Ahh yes. Sorry I missed his comment in the earlier email. Fixed it.

-- 
Regards,
Atish