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SubjectRe: [PATCH 1/2] MIPS: set page access bit with pgprot on some MIPS platform
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On 06/05/2020 05:39 PM, Jiaxun Yang wrote:
> On Fri, 5 Jun 2020 17:11:05 +0800
> Bibo Mao <maobibo@loongson.cn> wrote:
>
>> On MIPS system which has rixi hardware bit, page access bit is not
>> set in pgrot. For memory reading, there will be one page fault to
>> allocate physical page; however valid bit is not set, there will
>> be the second fast tlb-miss fault handling to set valid/access bit.
>>
>> This patch set page access/valid bit with pgrot if there is reading
>> access privilege. It will reduce one tlb-miss handling for memory
>> reading access.
>>
>> The valid/access bit will be cleared in order to track memory
>> accessing activity. If the page is accessed, tlb-miss fast handling
>> will set valid/access bit, pte_sw_mkyoung is not necessary in slow
>> page fault path. This patch removes pte_sw_mkyoung function which
>> is defined as empty function except MIPS system.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Bibo Mao <maobibo@loongson.cn>
>> ---
>
> Thanks for tracking it down.
>
> Could you please make the patch tittle more clear?
> "Some" looks confuse to me, "systems with RIXI" would be better.

Sure, will add it.

>
> - Jiaxun
>

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