* Mel Gorman <mgor...@suse.de> wrote: > On Wed, Jul 05, 2017 at 10:56:57AM +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > > > > * Andy Lutomirski <l...@kernel.org> wrote: > > > > > *** Ingo, even if this misses 4.13, please apply the first patch before > > > *** the merge window. > > > > > Andy Lutomirski (10): > > > x86/mm: Don't reenter flush_tlb_func_common() > > > x86/mm: Delete a big outdated comment about TLB flushing > > > x86/mm: Give each mm TLB flush generation a unique ID > > > x86/mm: Track the TLB's tlb_gen and update the flushing algorithm > > > x86/mm: Rework lazy TLB mode and TLB freshness tracking > > > x86/mm: Stop calling leave_mm() in idle code > > > x86/mm: Disable PCID on 32-bit kernels > > > x86/mm: Add nopcid to turn off PCID > > > x86/mm: Enable CR4.PCIDE on supported systems > > > x86/mm: Try to preserve old TLB entries using PCID > > > > So this series is really nice, and the first two patches are already > > upstream, and > > I've just applied all but the final patch to tip:x86/mm (out of caution - > > I'm a wimp). > > > > That should already offer some improvements and enables the CR4 bit - but > > doesn't > > actually use the PCID hardware yet. > > > > I'll push it all out when it passes testing. > > > > If it's all super stable I plan to tempt Linus with a late merge window > > pull > > request for all these preparatory patches. (Unless he objects that is. > > Hint, hint.) > > > > Any objections? > > > > What was the final verdict here? I have a patch ready that should be layered > on top which will need a backport. PCID support does not appear to have > made it in this merge window so I'm wondering if I should send the patch > as-is for placement on top of Andy's work or go with the backport and > apply a follow-on patch after Andy's work gets merged.
It's en route for v4.14 - it narrowly missed v4.13. Thanks, Ingo