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[PATCH v3 13/13] mm: introduce arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode()

From: Kevin Brodsky <hidden>
Date: 2025-10-15 08:28:53
Also in: linux-arm-kernel, linux-mm, lkml, sparclinux, xen-devel
Subsystem: linux for powerpc (32-bit and 64-bit), memory management - core, the rest · Maintainers: Madhavan Srinivasan, Michael Ellerman, Andrew Morton, David Hildenbrand, Linus Torvalds

powerpc decides at runtime whether the lazy MMU mode should be used.

To avoid the overhead associated with managing
task_struct::lazy_mmu_state if the mode isn't used, introduce
arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode() and bail out of lazy_mmu_mode_* if it
returns false. Add a default definition returning true, and an
appropriate implementation for powerpc.

Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <redacted>
---
This patch seemed like a good idea to start with, but now I'm not so
sure that the churn added to the generic layer is worth it.

It provides a minor optimisation for just powerpc. x86 with XEN_PV also
chooses at runtime whether to implement lazy_mmu helpers or not, but
it doesn't fit this API so neatly and isn't handled here.
---
 .../include/asm/book3s/64/tlbflush-hash.h        | 11 ++++++-----
 include/linux/pgtable.h                          | 16 ++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/tlbflush-hash.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/tlbflush-hash.h
index bbc54690d374..a91b354cf87c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/tlbflush-hash.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/tlbflush-hash.h
@@ -23,10 +23,14 @@ DECLARE_PER_CPU(struct ppc64_tlb_batch, ppc64_tlb_batch);
 
 extern void __flush_tlb_pending(struct ppc64_tlb_batch *batch);
 
+#define arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode
+static inline bool arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
+{
+	return !radix_enabled();
+}
+
 static inline void arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
 {
-	if (radix_enabled())
-		return;
 	/*
 	 * apply_to_page_range can call us this preempt enabled when
 	 * operating on kernel page tables.
@@ -46,9 +50,6 @@ static inline void arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
 
 static inline void arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
 {
-	if (radix_enabled())
-		return;
-
 	arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode();
 	preempt_enable();
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index 718c9c788114..db4f388d2a16 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -261,11 +261,19 @@ static inline int pmd_dirty(pmd_t pmd)
  * currently enabled.
  */
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_LAZY_MMU
+
+#ifndef arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode
+static inline bool arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode(void)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
+
 static inline void lazy_mmu_mode_enable(void)
 {
 	struct lazy_mmu_state *state = &current->lazy_mmu_state;
 
-	if (in_interrupt())
+	if (!arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode() || in_interrupt())
 		return;
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(state->count == U8_MAX);
@@ -283,7 +291,7 @@ static inline void lazy_mmu_mode_disable(void)
 {
 	struct lazy_mmu_state *state = &current->lazy_mmu_state;
 
-	if (in_interrupt())
+	if (!arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode() || in_interrupt())
 		return;
 
 	VM_BUG_ON(state->count == 0);
@@ -303,7 +311,7 @@ static inline void lazy_mmu_mode_pause(void)
 {
 	struct lazy_mmu_state *state = &current->lazy_mmu_state;
 
-	if (in_interrupt())
+	if (!arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode() || in_interrupt())
 		return;
 
 	VM_WARN_ON(state->count == 0 || !state->enabled);
@@ -316,7 +324,7 @@ static inline void lazy_mmu_mode_resume(void)
 {
 	struct lazy_mmu_state *state = &current->lazy_mmu_state;
 
-	if (in_interrupt())
+	if (!arch_wants_lazy_mmu_mode() || in_interrupt())
 		return;
 
 	VM_WARN_ON(state->count == 0 || state->enabled);
-- 
2.47.0

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