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    SubjectRe: [patch 3/5]thp: add tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry
    On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 02:36:29PM +0800, Shaohua Li wrote:
    > On Thu, 2011-11-10 at 23:36 +0800, Andrea Arcangeli wrote:
    > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 10:59:31AM +0800, Shaohua Li wrote:
    > > > Index: linux/arch/x86/include/asm/tlb.h
    > > > ===================================================================
    > > > --- linux.orig/arch/x86/include/asm/tlb.h 2011-10-25 09:00:39.000000000 +0800
    > > > +++ linux/arch/x86/include/asm/tlb.h 2011-10-25 09:02:52.000000000 +0800
    > > > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
    > > > #define tlb_start_vma(tlb, vma) do { } while (0)
    > > > #define tlb_end_vma(tlb, vma) do { } while (0)
    > > > #define __tlb_remove_tlb_entry(tlb, ptep, address) do { } while (0)
    > > > +#define __tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmdp, address) do { } while (0)
    > > > #define tlb_flush(tlb) flush_tlb_mm((tlb)->mm)
    > >
    > > This is superfluous, it's already define below as noop.
    > >
    > > >
    > > > #include <asm-generic/tlb.h>
    > > > Index: linux/include/asm-generic/tlb.h
    > > > ===================================================================
    > > > --- linux.orig/include/asm-generic/tlb.h 2011-10-25 09:00:23.000000000 +0800
    > > > +++ linux/include/asm-generic/tlb.h 2011-10-25 09:18:01.000000000 +0800
    > > > @@ -139,6 +139,16 @@ static inline void tlb_remove_page(struc
    > > > __tlb_remove_tlb_entry(tlb, ptep, address); \
    > > > } while (0)
    > > >
    > > > +#ifndef __tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry
    > > > +#define __tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmdp, address) do {} while(0)
    > > > +#endif
    > > > +
    > > > +#define tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmdp, address) \
    > > > + do { \
    > > > + tlb->need_flush = 1; \
    > > > + __tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry(tlb, pmdp, address); \
    > > > + } while (0)
    > >
    > > this looks weird, why do we set need_flush = 1 again, considering that
    > > we're doing tlb_remove_page() just a few lines later (which also sets
    > > tlb->need_flush = 1).
    > >
    > > Ok that other archs may need the __tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry to be
    > > called (and I've no idea why), but the need_flush = 1 seems
    > > unnecessary.
    > >
    > > Why other archs need the __tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry to be called?
    > >
    > > One way to go would be to change the tlb->need_flush = 1 in
    > > __tlb_remove_page to a VM_BUG_ON(!tlb->need_flush) and then we keep it
    > > above and we add the __tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry call.
    > >
    > > Or is there any place where __tlb_remove_page is called without a
    > > tlb_remove_*tlb_entry being called before it?
    > >
    > > In any case the VM_BUG_ON will verify this.
    > ok, I made the whole tlb_remove_pmd_tlb_entry() noop now. we don't need
    > add anything on it for x86 currently. We can change it later if
    > necessary.

    I thought it'd be cleaner to have only the __tlb_remove_*tlb_entry
    variants set need_flush=1 and have __tlb_remove_page just check that
    is set under a VM_BUG_ON. That would also avoid a second unnecessary
    need_flush = 1 for the pte case which is repeated now (it's not the
    repeated in the pmd case in your patch because it's a noop, but the
    pte case it's not a noop). Maybe it's not possible but if it's
    possible it looks better.


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