@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ config X86
select HAVE_ARCH_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_PUD if X86_64
select HAVE_ARCH_VMAP_STACK if X86_64
select HAVE_ARCH_WITHIN_STACK_FRAMES
+ select HAVE_ARCH_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH if DEBUG_KERNEL
select HAVE_CMPXCHG_DOUBLE
select HAVE_CMPXCHG_LOCAL
select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING if X86_64
@@ -124,25 +124,6 @@ config DOUBLEFAULT
option saves about 4k and might cause you much additional grey
hair.
-config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
- bool "Set upper limit of TLB entries to flush one-by-one"
- depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
- ---help---
-
- X86-only for now.
-
- This option allows the user to tune the amount of TLB entries the
- kernel flushes one-by-one instead of doing a full TLB flush. In
- certain situations, the former is cheaper. This is controlled by the
- tlb_flushall_shift knob under /sys/kernel/debug/x86. If you set it
- to -1, the code flushes the whole TLB unconditionally. Otherwise,
- for positive values of it, the kernel will use single TLB entry
- invalidating instructions according to the following formula:
-
- flush_entries <= active_tlb_entries / 2^tlb_flushall_shift
-
- If in doubt, say "N".
-
config IOMMU_DEBUG
bool "Enable IOMMU debugging"
depends on GART_IOMMU && DEBUG_KERNEL
@@ -111,3 +111,16 @@ config DEBUG_RODATA_TEST
depends on STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
---help---
This option enables a testcase for the setting rodata read-only.
+
+config HAVE_ARCH_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
+ bool
+ depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+
+config DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
+ bool "Save tlb flush statistics to vmstat"
+ depends on HAVE_ARCH_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH
+ help
+
+ Add tlbflush statistics to vmstat. It is really helpful understand tlbflush
+ performance and behavior. It should be enabled only for debugging purpose
+ by individual architectures explicitly by selecting HAVE_ARCH_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH.
CONFIG_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH was added in 'commit 3df3212f9722 ("x86/tlb: add tlb_flushall_shift knob into debugfs")' to support tlb_flushall_shift knob. The knob was removed in 'commit e9f4e0a9fe27 ("x86/mm: Rip out complicated, out-of-date, buggy TLB flushing")'. However, the debug option was never removed from Kconfig. It was reused in commit '9824cf9753ec ("mm: vmstats: tlb flush counters")' but the commit text was never updated accordingly. Update the Kconfig option description as per its current usage. Take this opportunity to make this kconfig option a common option as it touches the common vmstat code. Introduce another arch specific config HAVE_ARCH_DEBUG_TLBFLUSH that can be selected to enable this config. Signed-off-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com> --- arch/x86/Kconfig | 1 + arch/x86/Kconfig.debug | 19 ------------------- mm/Kconfig.debug | 13 +++++++++++++ 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)