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authorPaolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it>2005-09-03 15:57:25 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@evo.osdl.org>2005-09-05 00:06:21 -0700
commit1e40cd383ccc7c9f8b338c56ce28c326e25eb2fe (patch)
tree8dab0fb849ccc25febf6c8f8865094141a50b8d2 /include/asm-um
parented1b58d8b53519e10a35c6a2bb49cac35f439621 (diff)
[PATCH] uml: fixes performance regression in activate_mm and thus exec()
Normally, activate_mm() is called from exec(), and thus it used to be a no-op because we use a completely new "MM context" on the host (for instance, a new process), and so we didn't need to flush any "TLB entries" (which for us are the set of memory mappings for the host process from the virtual "RAM" file). Kernel threads, instead, are usually handled in a different way. So, when for AIO we call use_mm(), things used to break and so Benjamin implemented activate_mm(). However, that is only needed for AIO, and could slow down exec() inside UML, so be smart: detect being called for AIO (via PF_BORROWED_MM) and do the full flush only in that situation. Comment also the caller so that people won't go breaking UML without noticing. I also rely on the caller's locks for testing current->flags. Signed-off-by: Paolo 'Blaisorblade' Giarrusso <blaisorblade@yahoo.it> CC: Benjamin LaHaise <bcrl@kvack.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-um')
-rw-r--r--include/asm-um/mmu_context.h10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-um/mmu_context.h b/include/asm-um/mmu_context.h
index 095bb627b96..2edb4f1f789 100644
--- a/include/asm-um/mmu_context.h
+++ b/include/asm-um/mmu_context.h
@@ -20,7 +20,15 @@ extern void force_flush_all(void);
static inline void activate_mm(struct mm_struct *old, struct mm_struct *new)
{
- if (old != new)
+ /*
+ * This is called by fs/exec.c and fs/aio.c. In the first case, for an
+ * exec, we don't need to do anything as we're called from userspace
+ * and thus going to use a new host PID. In the second, we're called
+ * from a kernel thread, and thus need to go doing the mmap's on the
+ * host. Since they're very expensive, we want to avoid that as far as
+ * possible.
+ */
+ if (old != new && (current->flags & PF_BORROWED_MM))
force_flush_all();
}