linux_dsm_epyc7002/include
Shaohua Li 61c77326d1 x86, mm: Avoid unnecessary TLB flush
In x86, access and dirty bits are set automatically by CPU when CPU accesses
memory. When we go into the code path of below flush_tlb_fix_spurious_fault(),
we already set dirty bit for pte and don't need flush tlb. This might mean
tlb entry in some CPUs hasn't dirty bit set, but this doesn't matter. When
the CPUs do page write, they will automatically check the bit and no software
involved.

On the other hand, flush tlb in below position is harmful. Test creates CPU
number of threads, each thread writes to a same but random address in same vma
range and we measure the total time. Under a 4 socket system, original time is
1.96s, while with the patch, the time is 0.8s. Under a 2 socket system, there is
20% time cut too. perf shows a lot of time are taking to send ipi/handle ipi for
tlb flush.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
LKML-Reference: <20100816011655.GA362@sli10-desk.sh.intel.com>
Acked-by: Suresh Siddha <suresh.b.siddha@intel.com>
Cc: Andrea Archangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
2010-08-23 10:04:57 -07:00
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acpi Merge branch 'linus' into release 2010-08-15 01:06:31 -04:00
asm-generic x86, mm: Avoid unnecessary TLB flush 2010-08-23 10:04:57 -07:00
crypto
drm include: replace unifdef-y with header-y 2010-08-14 22:26:51 +02:00
keys DNS: Separate out CIFS DNS Resolver code 2010-08-05 17:17:51 +00:00
linux Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/penberg/slab-2.6 2010-08-22 10:08:52 -07:00
math-emu math-emu: correct test for downshifting fraction in _FP_FROM_INT() 2010-07-20 18:45:14 -07:00
media V4L/DVB: cx2341x: convert to the control framework 2010-08-08 23:43:05 -03:00
mtd mtd: Update copyright notices 2010-08-08 20:58:20 +01:00
net Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-2.6 2010-08-10 15:59:38 -07:00
pcmcia pcmcia: use struct resource for PCMCIA devices, part 2 2010-08-03 09:04:16 +02:00
rdma IB: Rename RAW_ETY to RAW_ETHERTYPE 2010-08-04 10:44:19 -07:00
rxrpc net: use __packed annotation 2010-06-03 03:21:52 -07:00
scsi scsi: use __uX types for headers exported to user space 2010-08-11 08:59:01 -07:00
sound ALSA: emu10k1 - delay the PCM interrupts (add pcm_irq_delay parameter) 2010-08-18 15:10:59 +02:00
trace workqueue: Add basic tracepoints to track workqueue execution 2010-08-21 13:19:37 -07:00
video include: replace unifdef-y with header-y 2010-08-14 22:26:51 +02:00
xen Merge branch 'stable/xen-swiotlb-0.8.6' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/konrad/xen 2010-08-12 09:09:41 -07:00
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