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Switch from per mm_struct to per pmd page table lock by enabling ARCH_ENABLE_SPLIT_PMD_PTLOCK. This provides better granularity for large system. I'm not sure if there is contention on mm->page_table_lock. Given the option comes at no cost (apart from initializing more spin locks), why not enable it now. We only do so when pmd is not folded, so we don't mistakenly call pgtable_pmd_page_ctor() on pud or p4d in pgd_pgtable_alloc(). Signed-off-by: Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.