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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>
Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:49:42 +0000 (14:49 +1100)
commitd7e022d9f224638d08c45a6714f98af7b0c84063
tree5d6c1a70a0453e97235350e0d351a96b9021cd18
parent557afc8bd41d7f6ce6d88473bceca524b128bedb
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