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x86/mm/cpa: Optimize same protection check
authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Mon, 17 Sep 2018 14:29:15 +0000 (16:29 +0200)
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Thu, 27 Sep 2018 18:39:39 +0000 (20:39 +0200)
commitcc996eb38331e7a25d55efa35aca42453368f2c4
tree87f33a33efa58f5bf9645e403d77cf3b38d34148
parent08fb7be94290266ed53e134ee0cc749fa692e019
x86/mm/cpa: Optimize same protection check

When the existing mapping is correct and the new requested page protections
are the same as the existing ones, then further checks can be omitted and the
large page can be preserved. The slow path 4k wise check will not come up with
a different result.

Before:

 1G pages checked:                    2
 1G pages sameprot:                   0
 1G pages preserved:                  0
 2M pages checked:                  540
 2M pages sameprot:                 466
 2M pages preserved:                 47
 4K pages checked:               800709
 4K pages set-checked:             7668

After:

 1G pages checked:                    2
 1G pages sameprot:                   0
 1G pages preserved:                  0
 2M pages checked:                  538
 2M pages sameprot:                 466
 2M pages preserved:                 47
 4K pages checked:               560642
 4K pages set-checked:             7668

Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@intel.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Bin Yang <bin.yang@intel.com>
Cc: Mark Gross <mark.gross@intel.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20180917143546.424477581@linutronix.de
arch/x86/mm/pageattr.c