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Diffstat (limited to 'include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h b/include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h index 0caa37a9a25..10c2b452e64 100644 --- a/include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h +++ b/include/asm-x86/pgalloc_32.h @@ -74,6 +74,13 @@ static inline void pmd_free(pmd_t *pmd) static inline void __pmd_free_tlb(struct mmu_gather *tlb, pmd_t *pmd) { + /* This is called just after the pmd has been detached from + the pgd, which requires a full tlb flush to be recognized + by the CPU. Rather than incurring multiple tlb flushes + while the address space is being pulled down, make the tlb + gathering machinery do a full flush when we're done. */ + tlb->fullmm = 1; + paravirt_release_pd(__pa(pmd) >> PAGE_SHIFT); tlb_remove_page(tlb, virt_to_page(pmd)); } |