CFP: TLB flushing in x86 architecture

[Souradeep Chakrabarti]

Hi All,

Title: TLB flushing in x86 architecture
Abstract: The x86 architecture's Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB)
plays a crucial role in memory management.
It involves various TLB flushing mechanisms such as flush all, flush
single page, and flush range. The CR3 and
CR4 registers are integral to TLB flushing processes. Additionally,
the significance of Process Context Identifiers (PCID),
Invalidate Process-Context Identifier (INVPCID), and Page Table
Isolation (PTI) in TLB flushing cannot be overstated.
This discussion will also cover the operational differences between
remote and local TLB flushing.

Outline:
1) A brief introduction on TLB
2)What triggers TLB flush
3)How TLB flushing happens
4)CR3, CR4 registers and MMU
5)How in x86 architecture uses IPI and invlpg, mov CR3 are used.
6)Criticality of INVPCID, PCID, and PTI in TLB flushing
7)Paravirt TLB flushing: (focus on Hyper-V)
8)Local and remote TLB flushing
9)Performance impact of TLB flushing, and also how Hypercall.
based TLB shootdown performance has got a boost from traditional
IPI based remote TLB flushing.

Thanks & Regards,
Souradeep Chakrabarti
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Thanks & Regards,
Souradeep
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Bangalore, India