linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc/32s: Don't flush all TLBs when flushing one page

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Date:   Sat, 1 Feb 2020 08:27:03 +0100
From:   Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@....fr>
To:     Segher Boessenkool <segher@...nel.crashing.org>
Cc:     Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc/32s: Don't flush all TLBs when flushing one page



Le 31/01/2020 à 20:38, Segher Boessenkool a écrit :
> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 05:15:20PM +0100, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> Le 31/01/2020 à 16:51, Segher Boessenkool a écrit :
>>> On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 03:37:34PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>>> When the range is a single page, do a page flush instead.
>>>
>>>> +	start &= PAGE_MASK;
>>>> +	end = (end - 1) | ~PAGE_MASK;
>>>>   	if (!Hash) {
>>>> -		_tlbia();
>>>> +		if (end - start == PAGE_SIZE)
>>>> +			_tlbie(start);
>>>> +		else
>>>> +			_tlbia();
>>>>   		return;
>>>>   	}
>>>
>>> For just one page, you get  end - start == 0  actually?
>>
>> Oops, good catch.
>>
>> Indeed you don't get PAGE_SIZE but (PAGE_SIZE - 1) for just one page.
> 
> You have all low bits masked off in both start and end, so you get zero.
> You could make the condion read "if (start == end)?

No, in end the low bits are set, that's a BIT OR with ~PAGE_MASK, so it 
sets all low bits to 1.

Christophe