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x86/xen: use lazy_mmu_state when context-switching

We currently set a TIF flag when scheduling out a task that is in lazy MMU
mode, in order to restore it when the task is scheduled again.

The generic lazy_mmu layer now tracks whether a task is in lazy MMU mode
in task_struct::lazy_mmu_state. We can therefore check that state when
switching to the new task, instead of using a separate TIF flag.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20251215150323.2218608-14-kevin.brodsky@arm.com
Signed-off-by: Kevin Brodsky <kevin.brodsky@arm.com>
Acked-by: David Hildenbrand (Red Hat) <david@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Juergen Gross <jgross@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@arm.com>
Cc: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Andreas Larsson <andreas@gaisler.com>
Cc: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@arm.com>
Cc: Borislav Betkov <bp@alien8.de>
Cc: Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrovsky@oracle.com>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@redhat.com>
Cc: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
Cc: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Jann Horn <jannh@google.com>
Cc: Liam Howlett <liam.howlett@oracle.com>
Cc: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@oracle.com>
Cc: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Michal Hocko <mhocko@suse.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>
Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Ritesh Harjani (IBM) <ritesh.list@gmail.com>
Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
Cc: Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@google.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleinxer <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>
Cc: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

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Kevin Brodsky and committed by
Andrew Morton
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arch/x86/include/asm/thread_info.h
··· 100 100 #define TIF_FORCED_TF 24 /* true if TF in eflags artificially */ 101 101 #define TIF_SINGLESTEP 25 /* reenable singlestep on user return*/ 102 102 #define TIF_BLOCKSTEP 26 /* set when we want DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF */ 103 - #define TIF_LAZY_MMU_UPDATES 27 /* task is updating the mmu lazily */ 104 - #define TIF_ADDR32 28 /* 32-bit address space on 64 bits */ 103 + #define TIF_ADDR32 27 /* 32-bit address space on 64 bits */ 105 104 106 105 #define _TIF_SSBD BIT(TIF_SSBD) 107 106 #define _TIF_SPEC_IB BIT(TIF_SPEC_IB) ··· 113 114 #define _TIF_FORCED_TF BIT(TIF_FORCED_TF) 114 115 #define _TIF_BLOCKSTEP BIT(TIF_BLOCKSTEP) 115 116 #define _TIF_SINGLESTEP BIT(TIF_SINGLESTEP) 116 - #define _TIF_LAZY_MMU_UPDATES BIT(TIF_LAZY_MMU_UPDATES) 117 117 #define _TIF_ADDR32 BIT(TIF_ADDR32) 118 118 119 119 /* flags to check in __switch_to() */
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arch/x86/xen/enlighten_pv.c
··· 426 426 427 427 if (this_cpu_read(xen_lazy_mode) == XEN_LAZY_MMU) { 428 428 arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(); 429 - set_ti_thread_flag(task_thread_info(prev), TIF_LAZY_MMU_UPDATES); 430 429 } 431 430 enter_lazy(XEN_LAZY_CPU); 432 431 } ··· 436 437 437 438 xen_mc_flush(); 438 439 leave_lazy(XEN_LAZY_CPU); 439 - if (test_and_clear_ti_thread_flag(task_thread_info(next), TIF_LAZY_MMU_UPDATES)) 440 + if (__task_lazy_mmu_mode_active(next)) 440 441 arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(); 441 442 } 442 443