Re: [RFC PATCH 09/11] asm-generic/tlb: Track which levels of the page tables have been cleared

From: Will Deacon
Date: Tue Aug 28 2018 - 09:12:35 EST


On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 09:53:41AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 04:52:44PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> > +static inline unsigned long tlb_get_unmap_granule(struct mmu_gather *tlb)
> > +{
> > + if (tlb->cleared_ptes)
> > + return PAGE_SIZE;
> > + if (tlb->cleared_pmds)
> > + return PMD_SIZE;
> > + if (tlb->cleared_puds)
> > + return PUD_SIZE;
> > + if (tlb->cleared_p4ds)
> > + return P4D_SIZE;
> > +
> > + return PAGE_SIZE;
> > +}
>
> When doing the x86 patch; I found _SHIFT more useful than _SIZE.

I'll make that change for the next version.

Cheers,

Will