Re: [PATCH v3 4/5] mmu_notifiers: Don't invalidate secondary TLBs as part of mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end()

From: Jason Gunthorpe
Date: Fri Jul 21 2023 - 15:29:21 EST


On Thu, Jul 20, 2023 at 06:39:26PM +1000, Alistair Popple wrote:
> Secondary TLBs are now invalidated from the architecture specific TLB
> invalidation functions. Therefore there is no need to explicitly
> notify or invalidate as part of the range end functions. This means we
> can remove mmu_notifier_invalidate_range_end_only() and some of the
> ptep_*_notify() functions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Alistair Popple <apopple@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> include/linux/mmu_notifier.h | 56 +------------------------------------
> kernel/events/uprobes.c | 2 +-
> mm/huge_memory.c | 25 ++---------------
> mm/hugetlb.c | 1 +-
> mm/memory.c | 8 +----
> mm/migrate_device.c | 9 +-----
> mm/mmu_notifier.c | 25 ++---------------
> mm/rmap.c | 40 +--------------------------
> 8 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 152 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxxxx>

Jason