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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 21 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h index d362161..c4aed0d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/tlbflush.h @@ -82,12 +82,21 @@ static inline u64 inc_mm_tlb_gen(struct mm_struct *mm) #define __flush_tlb_single(addr) __native_flush_tlb_single(addr) #endif -/* - * If tlb_use_lazy_mode is true, then we try to avoid switching CR3 to point - * to init_mm when we switch to a kernel thread (e.g. the idle thread). If - * it's false, then we immediately switch CR3 when entering a kernel thread. - */ -DECLARE_STATIC_KEY_TRUE(tlb_use_lazy_mode); +static inline bool tlb_defer_switch_to_init_mm(void) +{ + /* + * If we have PCID, then switching to init_mm is reasonably + * fast. If we don't have PCID, then switching to init_mm is + * quite slow, so we try to defer it in the hopes that we can + * avoid it entirely. The latter approach runs the risk of + * receiving otherwise unnecessary IPIs. + * + * This choice is just a heuristic. The tlb code can handle this + * function returning true or false regardless of whether we have + * PCID. + */ + return !static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PCID); +} /* * 6 because 6 should be plenty and struct tlb_state will fit in |
