Zachary Amsden wrote: > Yes, thought about several solutions, and this seems the best. But it > requires a new paravirt-op.
Not with the power of multiplexing. Something like this, perhaps? J diff -r 5be4a5ff8e6b arch/i386/mm/highmem.c --- a/arch/i386/mm/highmem.c Thu Apr 05 17:04:04 2007 -0700 +++ b/arch/i386/mm/highmem.c Thu Apr 05 17:50:46 2007 -0700 @@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ void *kmap_atomic_prot(struct page *page vaddr = __fix_to_virt(FIX_KMAP_BEGIN + idx); set_pte(kmap_pte-idx, mk_pte(page, prot)); + + arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(); return (void*) vaddr; } diff -r 5be4a5ff8e6b include/asm-generic/pgtable.h --- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h Thu Apr 05 17:04:04 2007 -0700 +++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h Thu Apr 05 17:50:46 2007 -0700 @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ static inline void ptep_set_wrprotect(st #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_ENTER_LAZY_MMU_MODE #define arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode() do {} while (0) #define arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode() do {} while (0) +#define arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() do {} while (0) #endif /* @@ -193,6 +194,7 @@ static inline void ptep_set_wrprotect(st #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_ENTER_LAZY_CPU_MODE #define arch_enter_lazy_cpu_mode() do {} while (0) #define arch_leave_lazy_cpu_mode() do {} while (0) +#define arch_flush_lazy_cpu_mode() do {} while (0) #endif /* diff -r 5be4a5ff8e6b include/asm-i386/paravirt.h --- a/include/asm-i386/paravirt.h Thu Apr 05 17:04:04 2007 -0700 +++ b/include/asm-i386/paravirt.h Thu Apr 05 17:50:46 2007 -0700 @@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ struct desc_struct; /* Lazy mode for batching updates / context switch */ enum paravirt_lazy_mode { - PARAVIRT_LAZY_NONE = 0, - PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU = 1, - PARAVIRT_LAZY_CPU = 2, + PARAVIRT_LAZY_NONE = 0, /* exit lazy mode */ + PARAVIRT_LAZY_MMU = 1, /* lazy mmu updates */ + PARAVIRT_LAZY_CPU = 2, /* lazy cpu state updates */ + PARAVIRT_LAZY_FLUSH = 3, /* flush pending changes, if any */ }; struct paravirt_ops @@ -1044,6 +1045,10 @@ static inline void arch_leave_lazy_cpu_m { PVOP_VCALL1(set_lazy_mode, PARAVIRT_LAZY_NONE); } +static inline void arch_flush_lazy_cpu_mode(void) +{ + PVOP_VCALL1(set_lazy_mode, PARAVIRT_LAZY_FLUSH); +} #define __HAVE_ARCH_ENTER_LAZY_MMU_MODE static inline void arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(void) @@ -1053,6 +1058,10 @@ static inline void arch_leave_lazy_mmu_m static inline void arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(void) { PVOP_VCALL1(set_lazy_mode, PARAVIRT_LAZY_NONE); +} +static inline void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void) +{ + PVOP_VCALL1(set_lazy_mode, PARAVIRT_LAZY_FLUSH); } void _paravirt_nop(void); - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/