Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] mm: Change the interface for __tlb_remove_page

From: Hillf Danton
Date: Mon May 30 2016 - 23:53:23 EST


> >> @@ -1202,7 +1205,12 @@ again:
> >> if (force_flush) {
> >> force_flush = 0;
> >> tlb_flush_mmu_free(tlb);
> >> -
> >> + if (pending_page) {
> >> + /* remove the page with new size */
> >> + __tlb_adjust_range(tlb, tlb->addr);
> >
> > Would you please specify why tlb->addr is used here?
> >
>
> That is needed because tlb_flush_mmu_tlbonly() does a __tlb_reset_range().
>
If ->addr is updated in resetting, then it is a noop here to deliver tlb->addr to
__tlb_adjust_range().
On the other hand, if ->addr is not updated in resetting, then it is also a noop here.

Do you want to update ->addr here?

thanks
Hillf