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/include/asm/paravirt.h | 5 ++++- arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'arch/x86/include') diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h index 5edd1742cfd0..7361e47db79f 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt.h @@ -703,7 +703,10 @@ static inline void arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(void) PVOP_VCALL0(pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.leave); } -void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void); +static inline void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void) +{ + PVOP_VCALL0(pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.flush); +} static inline void __set_fixmap(unsigned /* enum fixed_addresses */ idx, phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t flags) diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h index 142236ed83af..b3b0ec1dac86 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ struct pv_lazy_ops { /* Set deferred update mode, used for batching operations. */ void (*enter)(void); void (*leave)(void); + void (*flush)(void); }; struct pv_time_ops { @@ -679,6 +680,7 @@ void paravirt_end_context_switch(struct task_struct *next); void paravirt_enter_lazy_mmu(void); void paravirt_leave_lazy_mmu(void); +void paravirt_flush_lazy_mmu(void); void _paravirt_nop(void); u32 _paravirt_ident_32(u32); -- cgit v1.2.3