From: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> If ptep_clear_flush() is called to clear a page table entry that is accessible anyway by the CPU, eg. a _PAGE_PROTNONE page table entry, there is no need to flush the TLB on remote CPUs. Signed-off-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-vm3rkzevahelwhejx5uwm8ex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> --- mm/pgtable-generic.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/mm/pgtable-generic.c b/mm/pgtable-generic.c index d8397da..0c8323f 100644 --- a/mm/pgtable-generic.c +++ b/mm/pgtable-generic.c @@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ pte_t ptep_clear_flush(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, { pte_t pte; pte = ptep_get_and_clear((vma)->vm_mm, address, ptep); - flush_tlb_page(vma, address); + if (pte_accessible(pte)) + flush_tlb_page(vma, address); return pte; } #endif -- 1.7.9.2 -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx";> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>