Re: [RFC PATCH v9 12/13] xpfo, mm: Defer TLB flushes for non-current CPUs (x86 only)

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On 4/5/19 10:27 AM, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> At the risk of asking stupid questions: we already have a mechanism for this: highmem.  Can we enable highmem on x86_64, maybe with some heuristics to make it work well?
> 

I proposed using highmem infrastructure for xpfo in my cover letter as
well as in my earlier replies discussing redesigning
xpfo_kmap/xpfo_kunmap. So that sounds like a reasonable question to me
:) Looks like we might be getting to an agreement that highmem
infrastructure is a good thing to use here.

--
Khalid





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