Re: [PATCH v6 08/11] arm64: mm: Avoid TLBI when marking pages as valid

From: Gavin Shan
Date: Mon Oct 07 2024 - 22:52:32 EST


On 10/5/24 12:43 AM, Steven Price wrote:
When __change_memory_common() is purely setting the valid bit on a PTE
(e.g. via the set_memory_valid() call) there is no need for a TLBI as
either the entry isn't changing (the valid bit was already set) or the
entry was invalid and so should not have been cached in the TLB.

Reviewed-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@xxxxxxx>
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v4: New patch
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arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)


Reviewed-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@xxxxxxxxxx>