Subject: [PATCH v4 7/7] powerpc/mm: Batch tlb flush when invalidating pte entries

From: "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 13:31:49 +0530

This will improve the task exit case, by batching tlb invalidates.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h | 16 +++++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
index aec6e8ee6e27..83c77323a769 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/radix.h
@@ -142,15 +142,21 @@ static inline unsigned long radix__pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm,
 		unsigned long new_pte;
 
 		old_pte = __radix_pte_update(ptep, ~0, 0);
-		asm volatile("ptesync" : : : "memory");
 		/*
 		 * new value of pte
 		 */
 		new_pte = (old_pte | set) & ~clr;
-		psize = radix_get_mmu_psize(pg_sz);
-		radix__flush_tlb_page_psize(mm, addr, psize);
-
-		__radix_pte_update(ptep, 0, new_pte);
+		/*
+		 * If we are trying to clear the pte, we can skip
+		 * the below sequence and batch the tlb flush. The
+		 * tlb flush batching is done by mmu gather code
+		 */
+		if (new_pte) {
+			asm volatile("ptesync" : : : "memory");
+			psize = radix_get_mmu_psize(pg_sz);
+			radix__flush_tlb_page_psize(mm, addr, psize);
+			__radix_pte_update(ptep, 0, new_pte);
+		}
 	} else
 		old_pte = __radix_pte_update(ptep, clr, set);
 	asm volatile("ptesync" : : : "memory");
-- 
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