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    [POWERPC] Make tlb flush batch use lazy MMU mode · a741e679
    Benjamin Herrenschmidt authored
    The current tlb flush code on powerpc 64 bits has a subtle race since we
    lost the page table lock due to the possible faulting in of new PTEs
    after a previous one has been removed but before the corresponding hash
    entry has been evicted, which can leads to all sort of fatal problems.
    
    This patch reworks the batch code completely. It doesn't use the mmu_gather
    stuff anymore. Instead, we use the lazy mmu hooks that were added by the
    paravirt code. They have the nice property that the enter/leave lazy mmu
    mode pair is always fully contained by the PTE lock for a given range
    of PTEs. Thus we can guarantee that all batches are flushed on a given
    CPU before it drops that lock.
    
    We also generalize batching for any PTE update that require a flush.
    
    Batching is now enabled on a CPU by arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode() and
    disabled by arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(). The code epects that this is
    always contained within a PTE lock section so no preemption can happen
    and no PTE insertion in that range from another CPU. When batching
    is enabled on a CPU, every PTE updates that need a hash flush will
    use the batch for that flush.
    Signed-off-by: default avatarBenjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
    Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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