From: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
To: x86@kernel.org
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Mel Gorman <mgorman@suse.de>,
"linux-mm@kvack.org" <linux-mm@kvack.org>,
Nadav Amit <nadav.amit@gmail.com>, Rik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>,
Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v4 02/10] x86/mm: Delete a big outdated comment about TLB flushing
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 08:53:14 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <55e44997e56086528140c5180f8337dc53fb7ffc.1498751203.git.luto@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1498751203.git.luto@kernel.org>
In-Reply-To: <cover.1498751203.git.luto@kernel.org>
The comment describes the old explicit IPI-based flush logic, which
is long gone.
Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>
---
arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 36 ------------------------------------
1 file changed, 36 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
index 1cc47838d1e8..014d07a80053 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
@@ -153,42 +153,6 @@ void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
switch_ldt(real_prev, next);
}
-/*
- * The flush IPI assumes that a thread switch happens in this order:
- * [cpu0: the cpu that switches]
- * 1) switch_mm() either 1a) or 1b)
- * 1a) thread switch to a different mm
- * 1a1) set cpu_tlbstate to TLBSTATE_OK
- * Now the tlb flush NMI handler flush_tlb_func won't call leave_mm
- * if cpu0 was in lazy tlb mode.
- * 1a2) update cpu active_mm
- * Now cpu0 accepts tlb flushes for the new mm.
- * 1a3) cpu_set(cpu, new_mm->cpu_vm_mask);
- * Now the other cpus will send tlb flush ipis.
- * 1a4) change cr3.
- * 1a5) cpu_clear(cpu, old_mm->cpu_vm_mask);
- * Stop ipi delivery for the old mm. This is not synchronized with
- * the other cpus, but flush_tlb_func ignore flush ipis for the wrong
- * mm, and in the worst case we perform a superfluous tlb flush.
- * 1b) thread switch without mm change
- * cpu active_mm is correct, cpu0 already handles flush ipis.
- * 1b1) set cpu_tlbstate to TLBSTATE_OK
- * 1b2) test_and_set the cpu bit in cpu_vm_mask.
- * Atomically set the bit [other cpus will start sending flush ipis],
- * and test the bit.
- * 1b3) if the bit was 0: leave_mm was called, flush the tlb.
- * 2) switch %%esp, ie current
- *
- * The interrupt must handle 2 special cases:
- * - cr3 is changed before %%esp, ie. it cannot use current->{active_,}mm.
- * - the cpu performs speculative tlb reads, i.e. even if the cpu only
- * runs in kernel space, the cpu could load tlb entries for user space
- * pages.
- *
- * The good news is that cpu_tlbstate is local to each cpu, no
- * write/read ordering problems.
- */
-
static void flush_tlb_func_common(const struct flush_tlb_info *f,
bool local, enum tlb_flush_reason reason)
{
--
2.9.4
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-29 15:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-29 15:53 [PATCH v4 00/10] PCID and improved laziness Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 15:53 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] x86/mm: Don't reenter flush_tlb_func_common() Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 15:53 ` Andy Lutomirski [this message]
2017-06-29 15:53 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] x86/mm: Give each mm TLB flush generation a unique ID Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 15:53 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] x86/mm: Track the TLB's tlb_gen and update the flushing algorithm Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 15:53 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] x86/mm: Rework lazy TLB mode and TLB freshness tracking Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 15:53 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] x86/mm: Stop calling leave_mm() in idle code Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 15:53 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] x86/mm: Disable PCID on 32-bit kernels Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 15:53 ` [PATCH v4 08/10] x86/mm: Add nopcid to turn off PCID Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 15:53 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] x86/mm: Enable CR4.PCIDE on supported systems Andy Lutomirski
2017-06-29 15:53 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] x86/mm: Try to preserve old TLB entries using PCID Andy Lutomirski
2017-07-03 10:56 ` Thomas Gleixner
2017-07-05 12:18 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-05 16:04 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-07-05 17:02 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-18 8:53 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-07-18 17:06 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-07-05 12:25 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-07-05 16:10 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-07-28 13:49 ` Peter Zijlstra
2017-06-30 12:44 ` [PATCH v4 00/10] PCID and improved laziness Matt Fleming
2017-07-11 11:32 ` Matt Fleming
2017-07-11 15:00 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-07-13 19:36 ` Matt Fleming
2017-07-05 8:56 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-07-05 16:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2017-07-17 9:57 ` Mel Gorman
2017-07-17 15:06 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-07-17 15:56 ` Mel Gorman
[not found] ` <CALBSrqDW6pGjHxOmzfnkY_KoNeH6F=pTb8-tJ8r-zbu4prw9HQ@mail.gmail.com>
2017-09-12 19:32 ` Sai Praneeth Prakhya
2017-09-12 19:45 ` Andy Lutomirski
2017-09-12 20:28 ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
2017-09-13 7:43 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-09-13 7:45 ` Ingo Molnar
2017-09-13 4:14 ` Sai Praneeth Prakhya
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