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For contiguous hugetlb, huge_ptep_set_access_flags performs a
get_clear_flush (which then flushes the TLBs) even when no change of ptes
is necessary.
Unfortunately, this behaviour can lead to back-to-back page faults being
generated when running with multiple threads that access the same
contiguous huge page.
Thread 1 | Thread 2
-----------------------------+------------------------------
hugetlb_fault |
huge_ptep_set_access_flags |
-> invalidate pte range | hugetlb_fault
continue processing | wait for hugetlb_fault_mutex
release mutex and return | huge_ptep_set_access_flags
| -> invalidate pte range
hugetlb_fault
...
This patch changes huge_ptep_set_access_flags s.t. we first read the
contiguous range of ptes (whilst preserving dirty information); the pte
range is only then invalidated where necessary and this prevents further
spurious page faults.
Fixes:
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| .. | ||
| boot | ||
| configs | ||
| crypto | ||
| include | ||
| kernel | ||
| kvm | ||
| lib | ||
| mm | ||
| net | ||
| xen | ||
| Kconfig | ||
| Kconfig.debug | ||
| Kconfig.platforms | ||
| Makefile | ||