Hi!
> From: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> [ Upstream commit bafb056ce27940c9994ea905336aa8f27b4f7275 ]
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> io_uring 2b188cc1bb857 ("Add io_uring IO interface") added code which
> does a kthread_use_mm() from a mmget_not_zero() refcount.
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> The basic fix for sparc64 is to remove its mm_cpumask clearing code. The
> optimisation could be effectively restored by sending IPIs to mm_cpumask
> members and having them remove themselves from mm_cpumask. This is more
> tricky so I leave it as an exercise for someone with a sparc64 SMP.
> powerpc has a (currently similarly broken) example.
So this removes optimalization from Sparc, because it clashes with
2b188cc1bb857 ("Add io_uring IO interface"). But that commit is not
present in 4.19... so this probably is not good idea.
Best regards,
Pavel
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