linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 01/12] mm: x86, arm64: add arch_has_hw_pte

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Message-ID: <20220208103309.GB1002@willie-the-truck>
Date:   Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:33:09 +0000
From:   Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
To:     Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 01/12] mm: x86, arm64: add arch_has_hw_pte_young()

On Tue, Feb 08, 2022 at 01:18:51AM -0700, Yu Zhao wrote:
> Some architectures automatically set the accessed bit in PTEs, e.g.,
> x86 and arm64 v8.2. On architectures that don't have this capability,
> clearing the accessed bit in a PTE usually triggers a page fault
> following the TLB miss of this PTE (to emulate the accessed bit).
> 
> Being aware of this capability can help make better decisions, e.g.,
> whether to spread the work out over a period of time to reduce bursty
> page faults when trying to clear the accessed bit in many PTEs.
> 
> Note that theoretically this capability can be unreliable, e.g.,
> hotplugged CPUs might be different from builtin ones. Therefore it
> shouldn't be used in architecture-independent code that involves
> correctness, e.g., to determine whether TLB flushes are required (in
> combination with the accessed bit).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Brian Geffon <bgeffon@...gle.com>
> Acked-by: Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <heftig@...hlinux.org>
> Acked-by: Oleksandr Natalenko <oleksandr@...alenko.name>
> Acked-by: Steven Barrett <steven@...uorix.net>
> Acked-by: Suleiman Souhlal <suleiman@...gle.com>
> Tested-by: Daniel Byrne <djbyrne@....edu>
> Tested-by: Donald Carr <d@...os-reins.com>
> Tested-by: Holger Hoffstätte <holger@...lied-asynchrony.com>
> Tested-by: Konstantin Kharlamov <Hi-Angel@...dex.ru>
> Tested-by: Shuang Zhai <szhai2@...rochester.edu>
> Tested-by: Sofia Trinh <sofia.trinh@....works>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 14 ++------------
>  arch/x86/include/asm/pgtable.h   |  6 +++---
>  include/linux/pgtable.h          | 13 +++++++++++++
>  mm/memory.c                      | 14 +-------------
>  4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)

For the arm64 bit:

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>

Will