2023-08-02 11:25:52

by Catalin Marinas

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v4] arm64: hugetlb: enable __HAVE_ARCH_FLUSH_HUGETLB_TLB_RANGE

On Wed, Aug 02, 2023 at 09:27:31AM +0800, Kefeng Wang wrote:
> It is better to use huge page size instead of PAGE_SIZE
> for stride when flush hugepage, which reduces the loop
> in __flush_tlb_range().
>
> Let's support arch's flush_hugetlb_tlb_range(), which is
> used in hugetlb_unshare_all_pmds(), move_hugetlb_page_tables()
> and hugetlb_change_protection() for now.
>
> Note, for hugepages based on contiguous bit, it has to be
> invalidated individually since the contiguous PTE bit is
> just a hint, the hardware may or may not take it into account.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <[email protected]>

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <[email protected]>