x86, mm: Patch out arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() when running on bare metal
Invoking arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() results in calls to preempt_enable()/disable() which may have performance impact. Since lazy MMU is not used on bare metal we can patch away arch_flush_lazy_mmu_mode() so that it is never called in such environment. [ hpa: the previous patch "Fix vmalloc_fault oops during lazy MMU updates" may cause a minor performance regression on bare metal. This patch resolves that performance regression. It is somewhat unclear to me if this is a good -stable candidate. ] Signed-off-by: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1364045796-10720-2-git-send-email-konrad.wilk@oracle.com Tested-by: Josh Boyer <jwboyer@redhat.com> Tested-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Acked-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@oracle.com> Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com> Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org> SEE NOTE ABOVE
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@@ -1334,6 +1334,7 @@ __init void lguest_init(void)
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pv_mmu_ops.read_cr3 = lguest_read_cr3;
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pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.enter = paravirt_enter_lazy_mmu;
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pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.leave = lguest_leave_lazy_mmu_mode;
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pv_mmu_ops.lazy_mode.flush = paravirt_flush_lazy_mmu;
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pv_mmu_ops.pte_update = lguest_pte_update;
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pv_mmu_ops.pte_update_defer = lguest_pte_update;
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