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x86: tlb flush avoid superflous leave_mm()
authorShaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:53:34 +0000 (01:53 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:47:36 +0000 (19:47 +1100)
commit42c22c990f899238885658d2eeb5528579013aea
tree996436a6e75b33e3ff77a6d7139325aa6ca7bc0b
parent4895139a4479f6b9fb0fdbabc1f7e68ce7c95a81
x86: tlb flush avoid superflous leave_mm()

If just one page VA tlb is required to be flushed and current task is in
lazy TLB state, doing leave_mm() is superfluous because it flushes the
whole TLB.  This can reduce some TLB miss.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
arch/x86/mm/tlb.c