From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] arm64: Detect the ARMv8.4 TTL feature Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:53:46 -0700 Message-ID: <20200421165346.GA11171@infradead.org> References: <20200403090048.938-1-yezhenyu2@huawei.com> <20200403090048.938-2-yezhenyu2@huawei.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200403090048.938-2-yezhenyu2@huawei.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+linux-arm-kernel=m.gmane-mx.org@lists.infradead.org To: Zhenyu Ye Cc: mark.rutland@arm.com, peterz@infradead.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, guohanjun@huawei.com, will@kernel.org, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, yuzhao@google.com, maz@kernel.org, steven.price@arm.com, arm@kernel.org, Dave.Martin@arm.com, arnd@arndb.de, suzuki.poulose@arm.com, npiggin@gmail.com, zhangshaokun@hisilicon.com, broonie@kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, prime.zeng@hisilicon.com, kuhn.chenqun@huawei.com, tglx@linutronix.de, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, xiexiangyou@huawei.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org List-Id: linux-arch.vger.kernel.org On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 05:00:43PM +0800, Zhenyu Ye wrote: > From: Marc Zyngier > > In order to reduce the cost of TLB invalidation, the ARMv8.4 TTL > feature allows TLBs to be issued with a level allowing for quicker > invalidation. What does "issued with a level" mean? From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lindbergh.monkeyblade.net ([23.128.96.19]:42788 "EHLO lindbergh.monkeyblade.net" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726067AbgDUQyG (ORCPT ); Tue, 21 Apr 2020 12:54:06 -0400 Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2020 09:53:46 -0700 From: Christoph Hellwig Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/6] arm64: Detect the ARMv8.4 TTL feature Message-ID: <20200421165346.GA11171@infradead.org> References: <20200403090048.938-1-yezhenyu2@huawei.com> <20200403090048.938-2-yezhenyu2@huawei.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20200403090048.938-2-yezhenyu2@huawei.com> Sender: linux-arch-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: To: Zhenyu Ye Cc: peterz@infradead.org, mark.rutland@arm.com, will@kernel.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com, aneesh.kumar@linux.ibm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org, npiggin@gmail.com, arnd@arndb.de, rostedt@goodmis.org, maz@kernel.org, suzuki.poulose@arm.com, tglx@linutronix.de, yuzhao@google.com, Dave.Martin@arm.com, steven.price@arm.com, broonie@kernel.org, guohanjun@huawei.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, xiexiangyou@huawei.com, zhangshaokun@hisilicon.com, linux-mm@kvack.org, arm@kernel.org, prime.zeng@hisilicon.com, kuhn.chenqun@huawei.com, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Message-ID: <20200421165346.-YfauCW6hA5g04O62QS4dA5DpMVWaIhEgKkDwmvot60@z> On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 05:00:43PM +0800, Zhenyu Ye wrote: > From: Marc Zyngier > > In order to reduce the cost of TLB invalidation, the ARMv8.4 TTL > feature allows TLBs to be issued with a level allowing for quicker > invalidation. What does "issued with a level" mean?