linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] shoot lazy tlbs

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Message-ID: <991660c3-c2bf-c303-a55c-7454f0cc45f7@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 4 Jun 2021 10:05:01 -0700
From:   Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
To:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, Anton Blanchard <anton@...abs.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/4] shoot lazy tlbs

On 6/4/21 9:54 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On 5/31/21 11:22 PM, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
>> There haven't been objections to the series since last posting, this
>> is just a rebase and tidies up a few comments minor patch rearranging.
>>
> 
> I continue to object to having too many modes.  I like my more generic
> improvements better.  Let me try to find some time to email again.
> 

Specifically, this:

https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/luto/linux.git/commit/?h=x86/mm

I, or someone, needs to dust off my membarrier series before any of
these kinds of changes get made.  The barrier situation in the scheduler
is too confusing otherwise.