kernel_optimize_test/arch/powerpc
Benjamin Herrenschmidt a741e67969 [POWERPC] Make tlb flush batch use lazy MMU mode
The current tlb flush code on powerpc 64 bits has a subtle race since we
lost the page table lock due to the possible faulting in of new PTEs
after a previous one has been removed but before the corresponding hash
entry has been evicted, which can leads to all sort of fatal problems.

This patch reworks the batch code completely. It doesn't use the mmu_gather
stuff anymore. Instead, we use the lazy mmu hooks that were added by the
paravirt code. They have the nice property that the enter/leave lazy mmu
mode pair is always fully contained by the PTE lock for a given range
of PTEs. Thus we can guarantee that all batches are flushed on a given
CPU before it drops that lock.

We also generalize batching for any PTE update that require a flush.

Batching is now enabled on a CPU by arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode() and
disabled by arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(). The code epects that this is
always contained within a PTE lock section so no preemption can happen
and no PTE insertion in that range from another CPU. When batching
is enabled on a CPU, every PTE updates that need a hash flush will
use the batch for that flush.

Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
2007-04-13 04:09:38 +10:00
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boot [POWERPC] bootwrapper: Decompress less, check more 2007-04-13 03:55:17 +10:00
configs Merge branch 'linux-2.6' into for-2.6.22 2007-04-13 03:50:03 +10:00
kernel [POWERPC] Make tlb flush batch use lazy MMU mode 2007-04-13 04:09:38 +10:00
lib [POWERPC] Use mtocrf instruction in asm when CONFIG_POWER4_ONLY=y 2007-04-13 03:55:13 +10:00
math-emu [POWERPC] ppc math-emu needs -fno-builtin-fabs for math.c and fabs.c 2006-09-26 15:24:35 +10:00
mm [POWERPC] Make tlb flush batch use lazy MMU mode 2007-04-13 04:09:38 +10:00
oprofile [POWERPC] cell: pm_rtas_activat_signals routine cleanup 2007-02-13 22:03:07 +01:00
platforms [POWERPC] Rename get_property to of_get_property: the last one 2007-04-13 03:55:19 +10:00
sysdev [POWERPC] Rename get_property to of_get_property: arch/powerpc 2007-04-13 03:55:19 +10:00
xmon [POWERPC] Allow xmon to build without CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE 2007-03-09 15:03:26 +11:00
.gitignore [POWERPC] Add files build to .gitignore 2006-12-04 20:41:29 +11:00
Kconfig [POWERPC] 86xx/85xx: Move 8641 PCI-Express to arch/powerpc/sysdev/fsl_pcie.c. 2007-03-26 17:03:25 -05:00
Kconfig.debug [POWERPC] Removed config options that we don't support in embedded6xx 2007-03-22 10:06:40 -05:00
Makefile [POWERPC] Create a "wrapper" script and use it in arch/powerpc/boot 2006-09-28 14:30:02 +10:00