On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 09:44:01AM -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 01:36:17PM -0300, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > On Mon, Aug 18, 2025 at 09:25:20AM -0700, Matthew Brost wrote:
> > > I think this choice makes sense: it allows embedding the wait state from
> > > the initial notifier call into the pass structure. Patch [6] shows this
> > > by attaching the issued TLB invalidation fences to the pass. Since a
> > > single notifier may be invoked multiple times with different ranges but
> > > the same seqno,
> > 
> > That should be explained, but also seems to be a bit of a different
> > issue..
> > 
> > If the design is really to only have two passes and this linked list
> > is about retaining state then there should not be so much freedom to
> > have more passes.
> 
> I’ll let Thomas weigh in on whether we really need more than two passes;
> my feeling is that two passes are likely sufficient. It’s also worth
> noting that the linked list has an added benefit: the notifier tree only
> needs to be walked once (a small time-complexity win).

You may end up keeping the linked list just with no way to add a third
pass.

Jason

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