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From: Christopher Covington <cov@codeaurora.org>
To: Steve Capper <steve.capper@linaro.org>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, catalin.marinas@arm.com,
	linux@arm.linux.org.uk, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@kvack.org, anders.roxell@linaro.org,
	peterz@infradead.org, gary.robertson@linaro.org,
	will.deacon@arm.com, akpm@linux-foundation.org,
	christoffer.dall@linaro.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH V5 4/6] arm: mm: Enable RCU fast_gup
Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 11:31:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <53723ACC.7020500@codeaurora.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1399390209-1756-5-git-send-email-steve.capper@linaro.org>

Hi Steve,

On 05/06/2014 11:30 AM, Steve Capper wrote:
> Activate the RCU fast_gup for ARM. We also need to force THP splits to
> broadcast an IPI s.t. we block in the fast_gup page walker. As THP
> splits are comparatively rare, this should not lead to a noticeable
> performance degradation.

> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
> index 3387e60..91a2b59 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
> @@ -377,3 +377,22 @@ void __flush_anon_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page, unsigned l
>  	 */
>  	__cpuc_flush_dcache_area(page_address(page), PAGE_SIZE);
>  }
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
> +#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE

This is trivia, but I for one find the form #if defined(a) && defined(b)
easier to read. (Applies to the A64 version as well).

Christopher

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  reply	other threads:[~2014-05-13 15:31 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2014-05-06 15:30 [RFC PATCH V5 0/6] get_user_pages_fast for ARM and ARM64 Steve Capper
2014-05-06 15:30 ` [RFC PATCH V5 1/6] mm: Introduce a general RCU get_user_pages_fast Steve Capper
2014-05-06 15:30 ` [RFC PATCH V5 2/6] arm: mm: Introduce special ptes for LPAE Steve Capper
2014-05-06 15:30 ` [RFC PATCH V5 3/6] arm: mm: Enable HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE logic Steve Capper
2014-05-06 15:30 ` [RFC PATCH V5 4/6] arm: mm: Enable RCU fast_gup Steve Capper
2014-05-13 15:31   ` Christopher Covington [this message]
2014-05-14  8:34     ` Steve Capper
2014-05-06 15:30 ` [RFC PATCH V5 5/6] arm64: mm: Enable HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE logic Steve Capper
2014-05-06 15:30 ` [RFC PATCH V5 6/6] arm64: mm: Enable RCU fast_gup Steve Capper

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