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x86: tlb flush avoid superflous leave_mm()
authorShaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com>
Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:41:03 +0000 (10:41 +1100)
committerStephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:37:14 +0000 (14:37 +1100)
commitbc9a1fc388f6daed240941435ff6ef04ddd304b3
tree96c9c95a287f8ccada5e2503b4e344bf55bad27d
parent5b94a794ba0e13d8ee4c941e399347deb8f3a565
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