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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86')
-rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/mm/tlb.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 36 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c index 1cc4783..014d07a 100644 --- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c +++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c @@ -153,42 +153,6 @@ void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next, switch_ldt(real_prev, next); } -/* - * The flush IPI assumes that a thread switch happens in this order: - * [cpu0: the cpu that switches] - * 1) switch_mm() either 1a) or 1b) - * 1a) thread switch to a different mm - * 1a1) set cpu_tlbstate to TLBSTATE_OK - * Now the tlb flush NMI handler flush_tlb_func won't call leave_mm - * if cpu0 was in lazy tlb mode. - * 1a2) update cpu active_mm - * Now cpu0 accepts tlb flushes for the new mm. - * 1a3) cpu_set(cpu, new_mm->cpu_vm_mask); - * Now the other cpus will send tlb flush ipis. - * 1a4) change cr3. - * 1a5) cpu_clear(cpu, old_mm->cpu_vm_mask); - * Stop ipi delivery for the old mm. This is not synchronized with - * the other cpus, but flush_tlb_func ignore flush ipis for the wrong - * mm, and in the worst case we perform a superfluous tlb flush. - * 1b) thread switch without mm change - * cpu active_mm is correct, cpu0 already handles flush ipis. - * 1b1) set cpu_tlbstate to TLBSTATE_OK - * 1b2) test_and_set the cpu bit in cpu_vm_mask. - * Atomically set the bit [other cpus will start sending flush ipis], - * and test the bit. - * 1b3) if the bit was 0: leave_mm was called, flush the tlb. - * 2) switch %%esp, ie current - * - * The interrupt must handle 2 special cases: - * - cr3 is changed before %%esp, ie. it cannot use current->{active_,}mm. - * - the cpu performs speculative tlb reads, i.e. even if the cpu only - * runs in kernel space, the cpu could load tlb entries for user space - * pages. - * - * The good news is that cpu_tlbstate is local to each cpu, no - * write/read ordering problems. - */ - static void flush_tlb_func_common(const struct flush_tlb_info *f, bool local, enum tlb_flush_reason reason) { |