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Rework "struct pte_list_desc" and pte_list_{add|remove} to track the tail
count, i.e. number of PTEs in non-head descriptors, and to always keep all
tail descriptors full so that adding a new entry and counting the number
of entries is done in constant time instead of linear time.
No visible performace is changed in tests. But pte_list_add() is no longer
shown in the perf result for the COWed pages even the guest forks millions
of tasks.
Signed-off-by: Lai Jiangshan <jiangshan.ljs@antgroup.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230113122910.672417-1-jiangshanlai@gmail.com
[sean: reword shortlog, tweak changelog, add lots of comments, add BUG_ON()]
Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.