[SPARC64] mm: context switch ptlock

sparc64 is unique among architectures in taking the page_table_lock in
its context switch (well, cris does too, but erroneously, and it's not
yet SMP anyway).

This seems to be a private affair between switch_mm and activate_mm,
using page_table_lock as a per-mm lock, without any relation to its uses
elsewhere.  That's fine, but comment it as such; and unlock sooner in
switch_mm, more like in activate_mm (preemption is disabled here).

There is a block of "if (0)"ed code in smp_flush_tlb_pending which would
have liked to rely on the page_table_lock, in switch_mm and elsewhere;
but its comment explains how dup_mmap's flush_tlb_mm defeated it.  And
though that could have been changed at any time over the past few years,
now the chance vanishes as we push the page_table_lock downwards, and
perhaps split it per page table page.  Just delete that block of code.

Which leaves the mysterious spin_unlock_wait(&oldmm->page_table_lock)
in kernel/fork.c copy_mm.  Textual analysis (supported by Nick Piggin)
suggests that the comment was written by DaveM, and that it relates to
the defeated approach in the sparc64 smp_flush_tlb_pending.  Just delete
this block too.

Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hugh@veritas.com>
Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index efac2c58ec7d..158710d22566 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -470,13 +470,6 @@ static int copy_mm(unsigned long clone_flags, struct task_struct * tsk)
 	if (clone_flags & CLONE_VM) {
 		atomic_inc(&oldmm->mm_users);
 		mm = oldmm;
-		/*
-		 * There are cases where the PTL is held to ensure no
-		 * new threads start up in user mode using an mm, which
-		 * allows optimizing out ipis; the tlb_gather_mmu code
-		 * is an example.
-		 */
-		spin_unlock_wait(&oldmm->page_table_lock);
 		goto good_mm;
 	}