Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: align range before sizing in local_flush_tlb_kernel_range
From: Huacai Chen
Date: Thu Jul 16 2026 - 23:37:15 EST
Hi, Song,
On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM Song Hu <husong@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> local_flush_tlb_kernel_range() sizes the flush from the unaligned caller
> range and aligns start/end only afterwards — the opposite order of its
> sibling local_flush_tlb_range(), which aligns first. Align start/end
> first, then size, to match the sibling.
>
> The order matters for unaligned ranges: the original size is derived from
> the raw caller range, not the 2-page-aligned range the per-entry invtlb()
> loop actually iterates, so it can fall one entry short, and the
> tlbsize/8-vs-tlbsize/2 threshold may then pick the per-entry loop when a
> full local_flush_tlb_kernel() would be cheaper.
>
> Both strategies flush correctly; the change only makes the sizing heuristic
> match the sibling and reflect the real flush count.
Don't fix fake bugs! You know both are correct, so don't change it.
Huacai
>
> Signed-off-by: Song Hu <husong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> arch/loongarch/mm/tlb.c | 11 ++++-------
> 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/mm/tlb.c b/arch/loongarch/mm/tlb.c
> index 4b3d7120da73..a3c90841edbd 100644
> --- a/arch/loongarch/mm/tlb.c
> +++ b/arch/loongarch/mm/tlb.c
> @@ -90,16 +90,13 @@ void local_flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
> unsigned long size, flags;
>
> local_irq_save(flags);
> - size = (end - start + (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> - size = (size + 1) >> 1;
> + start &= (PAGE_MASK << 1);
> + end += ((PAGE_SIZE << 1) - 1);
> + end &= (PAGE_MASK << 1);
> + size = (end - start) >> (PAGE_SHIFT + 1);
> if (size <= (current_cpu_data.tlbsizestlbsets ?
> current_cpu_data.tlbsize / 8 :
> current_cpu_data.tlbsize / 2)) {
> -
> - start &= (PAGE_MASK << 1);
> - end += ((PAGE_SIZE << 1) - 1);
> - end &= (PAGE_MASK << 1);
> -
> while (start < end) {
> invtlb_addr(INVTLB_ADDR_GTRUE_OR_ASID, 0, start);
> start += (PAGE_SIZE << 1);
> --
> 2.43.0
>