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    x86: mm: only do a local tlb flush in ptep_set_access_flags() · 0f9a921c
    Rik van Riel authored
    The function ptep_set_access_flags() is only ever invoked to set access
    flags or add write permission on a PTE.  The write bit is only ever set
    together with the dirty bit.
    
    Because we only ever upgrade a PTE, it is safe to skip flushing entries on
    remote TLBs. The worst that can happen is a spurious page fault on other
    CPUs, which would flush that TLB entry.
    
    Lazily letting another CPU incur a spurious page fault occasionally is
    (much!) cheaper than aggressively flushing everybody else's TLB.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarRik van Riel <riel@redhat.com>
    Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
    Cc: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>
    Cc: Michel Lespinasse <walken@google.com>
    Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
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