From 511ba86e1d386f671084b5d0e6f110bb30b8eeb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Boris Ostrovsky Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2013 09:36:36 -0400 Subject: x86, mm: Patch out arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() when running on bare metal Invoking arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() results in calls to preempt_enable()/disable() which may have performance impact. Since lazy MMU is not used on bare metal we can patch away arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() so that it is never called in such environment. [ hpa: the previous patch "Fix vmalloc_fault oops during lazy MMU updates" may cause a minor performance regression on bare metal. This patch resolves that performance regression. It is somewhat unclear to me if this is a good -stable candidate. ] Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1364045796-10720-2-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com Tested-by: Josh Boyer Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Acked-by: Borislav Petkov Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin Cc: SEE NOTE ABOVE --- arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/kernel') diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c index 17fff18a1031..8bfb335f74bb 100644 --- a/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c +++ b/arch/x86/kernel/paravirt.c @@ -263,6 +263,18 @@ void paravirt_leave_lazy_mmu(void) leave_lazy(PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU); } +void paravirt_flush_lazy_mmu(void) +{ + preempt_disable(); + + if (paravirt_get_lazy_mode() == PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU) { + arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(); + arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(); + } + + preempt_enable(); +} + void paravirt_start_context_switch(struct task_struct *prev) { BUG_ON(preemptible()); @@ -292,18 +304,6 @@ enum paravirt_lazy_mode paravirt_get_lazy_mode(void) return this_cpu_read(paravirt_lazy_mode); } -void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void) -{ - preempt_disable(); - - if (paravirt_get_lazy_mode() == PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU) { - arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(); - arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(); - } - - preempt_enable(); -} - struct pv_info pv_info = { .name = "bare hardware", .paravirt_enabled = 0, @@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ struct pv_mmu_ops pv_mmu_ops = { .lazy_mode = { .enter = paravirt_nop, .leave = paravirt_nop, + .flush = paravirt_nop, }, .set_fixmap = native_set_fixmap, -- cgit