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x86: tlb flush avoid superflous leave_mm()
authorShaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Tue, 8 Nov 2011 00:19:54 +0000 (11:19 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:46:52 +0000 (12:46 +1100)
commit54b30eb2e4e85e6aa9680e93a1bea71062e72247
treed7b1a38ac212fd9b97c4484fbe3dd8a1f3d81499
parent913af7d8f0d0e593f46ed8a56c40d274e4a11aa0
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