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Commit 3f8fd02 ("mm/vmalloc: Sync unmappings in __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") introduced a call to vmalloc_sync_all() in the vunmap() code-path. While this change was necessary to maintain correctness on x86-32-pae kernels, it also adds additional cycles for architectures that don't need it. Specifically on x86-64 with CONFIG_VMAP_STACK=y some people reported severe performance regressions in micro-benchmarks because it now also calls the x86-64 implementation of vmalloc_sync_all() on vunmap(). But the vmalloc_sync_all() implementation on x86-64 is only needed for newly created mappings. To avoid the unnecessary work on x86-64 and to gain the performance back, split up vmalloc_sync_all() into two functions: * vmalloc_sync_mappings(), and * vmalloc_sync_unmappings() Most call-sites to vmalloc_sync_all() only care about new mappings being synchronized. The only exception is the new call-site added in the above mentioned commit. Shile Zhang directed us to a report of an 80% regression in reaim throughput. Fixes: 3f8fd02 ("mm/vmalloc: Sync unmappings in __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") Reported-by: kernel test robot <[email protected]> Reported-by: Shile Zhang <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Joerg Roedel <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]> Tested-by: Borislav Petkov <[email protected]> Acked-by: Rafael J. Wysocki <[email protected]> [GHES] Cc: Dave Hansen <[email protected]> Cc: Andy Lutomirski <[email protected]> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> Cc: Ingo Molnar <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Link: http:https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Link: https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/[email protected]/thread/4D3JPPHBNOSPFK2KEPC6KGKS6J25AIDB/ Link: http:https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>
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