Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: align range before sizing in local_flush_tlb_kernel_range

Huacai Chen <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Jul 2026 11:37:35 +0800
Newsgroups dev.linux.lists.loongarch,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <CAAhV-H4nOQAAZf3X4wcf_Kc0wtvV7YPBS_8F=T79RrNs9HEQZw@mail.gmail.com>
Hi, Song,

On Fri, Jul 17, 2026 at 11:28 AM Song Hu <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> local_flush_tlb_kernel_range() sizes the flush from the unaligned caller
> range and aligns start/end only afterwards — the opposite order of its
> sibling local_flush_tlb_range(), which aligns first.  Align start/end
> first, then size, to match the sibling.
>
> The order matters for unaligned ranges: the original size is derived from
> the raw caller range, not the 2-page-aligned range the per-entry invtlb()
> loop actually iterates, so it can fall one entry short, and the
> tlbsize/8-vs-tlbsize/2 threshold may then pick the per-entry loop when a
> full local_flush_tlb_kernel() would be cheaper.
>
> Both strategies flush correctly; the change only makes the sizing heuristic
> match the sibling and reflect the real flush count.
Don't fix fake bugs! You know both are correct, so don't change it.

Huacai

>
> Signed-off-by: Song Hu <[email protected]>
> ---
>  arch/loongarch/mm/tlb.c | 11 ++++-------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/loongarch/mm/tlb.c b/arch/loongarch/mm/tlb.c
> index 4b3d7120da73..a3c90841edbd 100644
> --- a/arch/loongarch/mm/tlb.c
> +++ b/arch/loongarch/mm/tlb.c
> @@ -90,16 +90,13 @@ void local_flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
>         unsigned long size, flags;
>
>         local_irq_save(flags);
> -       size = (end - start + (PAGE_SIZE - 1)) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
> -       size = (size + 1) >> 1;
> +       start &= (PAGE_MASK << 1);
> +       end += ((PAGE_SIZE << 1) - 1);
> +       end &= (PAGE_MASK << 1);
> +       size = (end - start) >> (PAGE_SHIFT + 1);
>         if (size <= (current_cpu_data.tlbsizestlbsets ?
>                      current_cpu_data.tlbsize / 8 :
>                      current_cpu_data.tlbsize / 2)) {
> -
> -               start &= (PAGE_MASK << 1);
> -               end += ((PAGE_SIZE << 1) - 1);
> -               end &= (PAGE_MASK << 1);
> -
>                 while (start < end) {
>                         invtlb_addr(INVTLB_ADDR_GTRUE_OR_ASID, 0, start);
>                         start += (PAGE_SIZE << 1);
> --
> 2.43.0
>