@@ -60,7 +60,13 @@ static int __change_memory_common(unsigned long start, unsigned long size,
ret = apply_to_page_range(&init_mm, start, size, change_page_range,
&data);
- flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, start + size);
+ /*
+ * If the memory is being made valid without changing any other bits
+ * then a TLBI isn't required as a non-valid entry cannot be cached in
+ * the TLB.
+ */
+ if (pgprot_val(set_mask) != PTE_VALID || pgprot_val(clear_mask))
+ flush_tlb_kernel_range(start, start + size);
return ret;
}
When __change_memory_common() is purely setting the valid bit on a PTE (e.g. via the set_memory_valid() call) there is no need for a TLBI as either the entry isn't changing (the valid bit was already set) or the entry was invalid and so should not have been cached in the TLB. Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price@arm.com> --- v4: New patch --- arch/arm64/mm/pageattr.c | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)