linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mm/tlb: ignore f->new_tlb

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Date:   Wed, 13 Jul 2022 00:33:19 +0000
From:   Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
To:     Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
CC:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        X86 ML <x86@...nel.org>, Linux MM <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] x86/mm/tlb: ignore f->new_tlb_gen when zero

On Jul 11, 2022, at 10:39 AM, Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com> wrote:

> On Jul 10, 2022, at 4:28 PM, Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@...il.com> wrote:
> 
>> From: Nadav Amit <namit@...are.com>
>> 
>> Commit aa44284960d5 ("x86/mm/tlb: Avoid reading mm_tlb_gen when
>> possible") introduced an optimization of skipping the flush if the TLB
>> generation that is flushed (as provided in flush_tlb_info) was already
>> flushed.
> 
> Dave,
> 
> Can you please review this patch today?
> 
> I feel bad (for a good reason) for breaking swap/migration.
> 
> Thanks,
> Nadav

Ping?

As you know, this really must go into 5.19 or otherwise aa44284960d5
reverted.