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Follow x86's primary MMU, which hasn't flushed TLBs when clearing Accessed bits for 10+ years, and skip all TLB flushes when aging SPTEs in response to a clear_flush_young() mmu_notifier event. As documented in x86's ptep_clear_flush_young(), the probability and impact of "bad" reclaim due to stale A-bit information is relatively low, whereas the performance cost of TLB flushes is relatively high. I.e. the cost of flushing TLBs outweighs the benefits. On KVM x86, the cost of TLB flushes is even higher, as KVM doesn't batch TLB flushes for mmu_notifier events (KVM's mmu_notifier contract with MM makes it all but impossible), and sending IPIs forces all running vCPUs to go through a VM-Exit => VM-Enter roundtrip. Furthermore, MGLRU aging of secondary MMUs is expected to use flush-less mmu_notifiers, i.e. flushing for the !MGLRU will make even less sense, and will be actively confusing as it wouldn't be clear why KVM "needs" to flush TLBs for legacy LRU aging, but not for MGLRU aging. Cc: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com> Cc: Yan Zhao <yan.y.zhao@intel.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240926013506.860253-18-jthoughton@google.com Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241011021051.1557902-19-seanjc@google.com Signed-off-by: Sean Christopherson <seanjc@google.com>
Linux kernel
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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 reStructuredText 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.