On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 10:22:10PM -0700, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> - * The x86 doesn't have a mmu context, but
> - * we put the segment information here.
> + * x86 has arch-specific MMU state beyond what lives in mm_struct.
> */
> typedef struct {
> + /*
> + * ctx_id uniquely identifies this mm_struct. A ctx_id will never
> + * be reused, and zero is not a valid ctx_id.
> + */
> + u64 ctx_id;
> +
> + /*
> + * Any code that needs to do any sort of TLB flushing for this
> + * mm will first make its changes to the page tables, then
> + * increment tlb_gen, then flush. This lets the low-level
> + * flushing code keep track of what needs flushing.
> + *
> + * This is not used on Xen PV.
> + */
> + atomic64_t tlb_gen;
Btw, can this just be a 4-byte int instead? I.e., simply atomic_t. I
mean, it should be enough for all the TLB generations in flight, no?
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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.
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