arm64: hugetlb: Avoid unnecessary clearing in huge_ptep_set_access_flags
For contiguous hugetlb, huge_ptep_set_access_flags performs a get_clear_flush (which then flushes the TLBs) even when no change of ptes is necessary. Unfortunately, this behaviour can lead to back-to-back page faults being generated when running with multiple threads that access the same contiguous huge page. Thread 1 | Thread 2 -----------------------------+------------------------------ hugetlb_fault | huge_ptep_set_access_flags | -> invalidate pte range | hugetlb_fault continue processing | wait for hugetlb_fault_mutex release mutex and return | huge_ptep_set_access_flags | -> invalidate pte range hugetlb_fault ... This patch changes huge_ptep_set_access_flags s.t. we first read the contiguous range of ptes (whilst preserving dirty information); the pte range is only then invalidated where necessary and this prevents further spurious page faults. Fixes: d8bdcff2 ("arm64: hugetlb: Add break-before-make logic for contiguous entries") Reported-by: Lei Zhang <zhang.lei@jp.fujitsu.com> Signed-off-by: Steve Capper <steve.capper@arm.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
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