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This is proving problematic in >>> situations where leave() needs to restore some context back to its >>> original state (before enter() was called). In particular, this >>> makes it difficult to support the nesting of lazy_mmu sections - >>> leave() does not know whether the matching enter() call occurred >>> while lazy_mmu was already enabled, and whether to disable it or >>> not. >>> >>> This patch gives all architectures the chance to store local state >>> while inside a lazy_mmu section by making enter() return some value, >>> storing it in a local variable, and having leave() take that value. >>> That value is typed lazy_mmu_state_t - each architecture defining >>> __HAVE_ARCH_ENTER_LAZY_MMU_MODE is free to define it as it sees fit. >>> For now we define it as int everywhere, which is sufficient to >>> support nesting. > ... >>> { >>> + lazy_mmu_state_t lazy_mmu_state; >>> ... >>> - arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(); >>> + lazy_mmu_state = arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(); >>> ... >>> - arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(); >>> + arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(lazy_mmu_state); >>> ... >>> } >>> >>> * In a few cases (e.g. xen_flush_lazy_mmu()), a function knows that >>> lazy_mmu is already enabled, and it temporarily disables it by >>> calling leave() and then enter() again. Here we want to ensure >>> that any operation between the leave() and enter() calls is >>> completed immediately; for that reason we pass LAZY_MMU_DEFAULT to >>> leave() to fully disable lazy_mmu. enter() will then re-enable it >>> - this achieves the expected behaviour, whether nesting occurred >>> before that function was called or not. >>> >>> Note: it is difficult to provide a default definition of >>> lazy_mmu_state_t for architectures implementing lazy_mmu, because >>> that definition would need to be available in >>> arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h and adding a new generic >>> #include there is very tricky due to the existing header soup. >> >> Yeah, I was wondering about exactly that. >> >> In particular because LAZY_MMU_DEFAULT etc resides somewehere compeltely >> different. >> >> Which raises the question: is using a new type really of any benefit here? >> >> Can't we just use an "enum lazy_mmu_state" and call it a day? > > I could envision something completely different for this type on s390, > e.g. a pointer to a per-cpu structure. So I would really ask to stick > with the current approach. Would that integrate well with LAZY_MMU_DEFAULT etc? -- Cheers David / dhildenb