linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v6 04/14] sparc/mm: implement arch_flush_lazy_mmu

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Message-ID: <6c0a9851-9ec9-4a49-9d77-171f36a78448@gaisler.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2026 08:20:09 +0100
From: Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>
To: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@....com>, linux-mm@...ck.org
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 04/14] sparc/mm: implement arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode()

On 2025-12-15 16:03, Kevin Brodsky wrote:
> Upcoming changes to the lazy_mmu API will cause
> arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() to be called when leaving a nested
> lazy_mmu section.
> 
> Move the relevant logic from arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode() to
> arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() and have the former call the latter.
> 
> Note: the additional this_cpu_ptr() call on the
> arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode() path will be removed in a subsequent
> patch.
> 
> Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@....com>
> ---
>  arch/sparc/include/asm/tlbflush_64.h | 2 +-
>  arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c                  | 9 ++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/tlbflush_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/tlbflush_64.h
> index 8b8cdaa69272..925bb5d7a4e1 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/tlbflush_64.h
> +++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/tlbflush_64.h
> @@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
>  
>  void flush_tlb_pending(void);
>  void arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(void);
> +void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void);
>  void arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(void);
> -#define arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode()      do {} while (0)
>  
>  /* Local cpu only.  */
>  void __flush_tlb_all(void);
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c b/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
> index a35ddcca5e76..7b5dfcdb1243 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
> +++ b/arch/sparc/mm/tlb.c
> @@ -59,12 +59,19 @@ void arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
>  	tb->active = 1;
>  }
>  
> -void arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
> +void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
>  {
>  	struct tlb_batch *tb = this_cpu_ptr(&tlb_batch);
>  
>  	if (tb->tlb_nr)
>  		flush_tlb_pending();
> +}
> +
> +void arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
> +{
> +	struct tlb_batch *tb = this_cpu_ptr(&tlb_batch);
> +
> +	arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode();
>  	tb->active = 0;
>  	preempt_enable();
>  }

Acked-by: Andreas Larsson <andreas@...sler.com>

Cheers,
Andreas