powerpc/64s: Implement ptep_clear_flush_young that does not flush TLBs
authorNicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Thu, 17 Dec 2020 13:47:31 +0000 (23:47 +1000)
committerMichael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Mon, 8 Feb 2021 14:09:45 +0000 (01:09 +1100)
Similarly to the x86 commit b13b1d2d8692 ("x86/mm: In the PTE swapout
page reclaim case clear the accessed bit instead of flushing the TLB"),
implement ptep_clear_flush_young that does not actually flush the TLB
in the case the referenced bit is cleared.

Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20201217134731.488135-8-npiggin@gmail.com
arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/pgtable.h

index a398866..058601e 100644 (file)
@@ -388,11 +388,28 @@ static inline int __ptep_test_and_clear_young(struct mm_struct *mm,
 #define __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_TEST_AND_CLEAR_YOUNG
 #define ptep_test_and_clear_young(__vma, __addr, __ptep)       \
 ({                                                             \
-       int __r;                                                \
-       __r = __ptep_test_and_clear_young((__vma)->vm_mm, __addr, __ptep); \
-       __r;                                                    \
+       __ptep_test_and_clear_young((__vma)->vm_mm, __addr, __ptep); \
 })
 
+/*
+ * On Book3S CPUs, clearing the accessed bit without a TLB flush
+ * doesn't cause data corruption. [ It could cause incorrect
+ * page aging and the (mistaken) reclaim of hot pages, but the
+ * chance of that should be relatively low. ]
+ *
+ * So as a performance optimization don't flush the TLB when
+ * clearing the accessed bit, it will eventually be flushed by
+ * a context switch or a VM operation anyway. [ In the rare
+ * event of it not getting flushed for a long time the delay
+ * shouldn't really matter because there's no real memory
+ * pressure for swapout to react to. ]
+ */
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_PTEP_CLEAR_YOUNG_FLUSH
+#define ptep_clear_flush_young ptep_test_and_clear_young
+
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_PMDP_CLEAR_YOUNG_FLUSH
+#define pmdp_clear_flush_young pmdp_test_and_clear_young
+
 static inline int __pte_write(pte_t pte)
 {
        return !!(pte_raw(pte) & cpu_to_be64(_PAGE_WRITE));