On Thu, 2012-05-17 at 17:11 +0900, Minchan Kim wrote:
> > +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> > @@ -172,4 +172,16 @@ static inline void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start,
> > flush_tlb_all();
> > }
> >
> > +static inline void local_flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start,
> > + unsigned long end)
> > +{
> > + if (cpu_has_invlpg) {
> > + while (start < end) {
> > + __flush_tlb_single(start);
> > + start += PAGE_SIZE;
> > + }
> > + } else
> > + local_flush_tlb();
> > +}
It would be much better if you wait for Alex Shi's patch to mature.
doing the invlpg thing for ranges is not an unconditional win.
Also, does it even work if the range happens to be backed by huge pages?
IIRC we try and do the identity map with large pages wherever possible.
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