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-rw-r--r--arch/x86/mm/tlb.c17
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
index 493559cae2d5..f086195f644c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
+++ b/arch/x86/mm/tlb.c
@@ -310,15 +310,22 @@ void switch_mm_irqs_off(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
sync_current_stack_to_mm(next);
}
- /* Stop remote flushes for the previous mm */
- VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(real_prev)) &&
- real_prev != &init_mm);
- cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(real_prev));
+ /*
+ * Stop remote flushes for the previous mm.
+ * Skip kernel threads; we never send init_mm TLB flushing IPIs,
+ * but the bitmap manipulation can cause cache line contention.
+ */
+ if (real_prev != &init_mm) {
+ VM_WARN_ON_ONCE(!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu,
+ mm_cpumask(real_prev)));
+ cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(real_prev));
+ }
/*
* Start remote flushes and then read tlb_gen.
*/
- cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next));
+ if (next != &init_mm)
+ cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next));
next_tlb_gen = atomic64_read(&next->context.tlb_gen);
choose_new_asid(next, next_tlb_gen, &new_asid, &need_flush);