linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] mm/memory.c: Update local TLB if PTE entry exists

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Message-Id: <20200525144322.1a23fa4610f71d46008d8372@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Mon, 25 May 2020 14:43:22 -0700
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Bibo Mao <maobibo@...ngson.cn>
Cc:     Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@...goat.com>,
        Huacai Chen <chenhc@...ote.com>,
        Paul Burton <paulburton@...nel.org>,
        Dmitry Korotin <dkorotin@...ecomp.com>,
        Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@...at.org>,
        Stafford Horne <shorne@...il.com>,
        Steven Price <steven.price@....com>,
        Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Mike Rapoport <rppt@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Sergei Shtylyov <sergei.shtylyov@...entembedded.com>,
        "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 2/4] mm/memory.c: Update local TLB if PTE entry
 exists

On Mon, 25 May 2020 10:52:38 +0800 Bibo Mao <maobibo@...ngson.cn> wrote:

> If two threads concurrently fault at the same page, the thread that
> won the race updates the PTE and its local TLB. For now, the other
> thread gives up, simply does nothing, and continues.
> 
> It could happen that this second thread triggers another fault, whereby
> it only updates its local TLB while handling the fault. Instead of
> triggering another fault, let's directly update the local TLB of the
> second thread. Function update_mmu_tlb is used here to update local
> TLB on the second thread, and it is defined as empty on other arches.

Acked-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>

Thanks for persisting with these.