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    mm/mmu_gather: enable tlb flush range in generic mmu_gather · 597e1c35
    Alex Shi authored
    
    
    This patch enabled the tlb flush range support in generic mmu layer.
    
    Most of arch has self tlb flush range support, like ARM/IA64 etc.
    X86 arch has no this support in hardware yet. But another instruction
    'invlpg' can implement this function in some degree. So, enable this
    feather in generic layer for x86 now. and maybe useful for other archs
    in further.
    
    Generic mmu_gather struct is protected by micro
    HAVE_GENERIC_MMU_GATHER. Other archs that has flush range supported
    own self mmu_gather struct. So, now this change is safe for them.
    
    In future we may unify this struct and related functions on multiple
    archs.
    
    Thanks for Peter Zijlstra time and time reminder for multiple
    architecture code safe!
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarAlex Shi <alex.shi@intel.com>
    Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1340845344-27557-7-git-send-email-alex.shi@intel.com
    
    
    Signed-off-by: default avatarH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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