From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_MUTT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C1E4AC0044C for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:38:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [203.11.71.2]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 469D32082D for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2018 11:38:17 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 469D32082D Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Received: from lists.ozlabs.org (lists.ozlabs.org [IPv6:2401:3900:2:1::3]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42kCK33bWZzDrPy for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:38:15 +1100 (AEDT) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; spf=pass (mailfrom) smtp.mailfrom=arm.com (client-ip=217.140.101.70; helo=foss.arm.com; envelope-from=will.deacon@arm.com; receiver=) Authentication-Results: lists.ozlabs.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=arm.com Received: from foss.arm.com (foss.arm.com [217.140.101.70]) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42k9mh6BwjzDrNW for ; Mon, 29 Oct 2018 21:28:35 +1100 (AEDT) Received: from usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (unknown [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-mx-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id C39E2341; Mon, 29 Oct 2018 03:28:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from edgewater-inn.cambridge.arm.com (usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com [10.72.51.249]) by usa-sjc-imap-foss1.foss.arm.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 914343F6A8; Mon, 29 Oct 2018 03:28:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: by edgewater-inn.cambridge.arm.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 85A251AE0757; Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:28:40 +0000 (GMT) Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:28:40 +0000 From: Will Deacon To: Joel Fernandes Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] mm: speed up mremap by 500x on large regions (v2) Message-ID: <20181029102840.GC13965@arm.com> References: <20181013013200.206928-1-joel@joelfernandes.org> <20181013013200.206928-3-joel@joelfernandes.org> <20181024101255.it4lptrjogalxbey@kshutemo-mobl1> <20181024115733.GN8537@350D> <20181024125724.yf6frdimjulf35do@kshutemo-mobl1> <20181025020907.GA13560@joelaf.mtv.corp.google.com> <20181025101900.phqnqpoju5t2gar5@kshutemo-mobl1> <20181026211148.GA140716@joelaf.mtv.corp.google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20181026211148.GA140716@joelaf.mtv.corp.google.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 22:26:55 +1100 X-BeenThere: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org, Rich Felker , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, Peter Zijlstra , Catalin Marinas , Dave Hansen , mhocko@kernel.org, linux-mm@kvack.org, lokeshgidra@google.com, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org, elfring@users.sourceforge.net, Jonas Bonn , kvmarm@lists.cs.columbia.edu, dancol@google.com, Yoshinori Sato , linux-xtensa@linux-xtensa.org, linux-hexagon@vger.kernel.org, Helge Deller , "maintainer:X86 ARCHITECTURE \(32-BIT AND 64-BIT\)" , hughd@google.com, "James E.J. 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Miller" Errors-To: linuxppc-dev-bounces+linuxppc-dev=archiver.kernel.org@lists.ozlabs.org Sender: "Linuxppc-dev" On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 02:11:48PM -0700, Joel Fernandes wrote: > My thinking is to take it slow and get the patch in in its current state, > since it improves x86. Then as a next step, look into why the arm64 tlb > flushes are that expensive and look into optimizing that. On arm64 I am > testing on a 4.9 kernel so I'm wondering there are any optimizations since > 4.9 that can help speed it up there. After that, if all else fails about > speeding up arm64, then I look into developing the cleanest possible solution > where we can keep the lock held for longer and flush lesser. We rewrote a good chunk of the arm64 TLB invalidation and core mmu_gather code this merge window, so please do have another look at -rc1! Will