linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 2/7] x86, mm, pat: Change reserve

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Date:	Mon, 3 Nov 2014 19:27:32 +0100 (CET)
From:	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
To:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
cc:	hpa@...or.com, mingo@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	arnd@...db.de, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	jgross@...e.com, stefan.bader@...onical.com, luto@...capital.net,
	hmh@....eng.br, yigal@...xistor.com, konrad.wilk@...cle.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 2/7] x86, mm, pat: Change reserve_memtype() to handle
 WT

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014, Toshi Kani wrote:
> This patch changes reserve_memtype() to handle the WT cache mode.
> When PAT is not enabled, it continues to set UC- to *new_type for
> any non-WB request.
> 
> When a target range is RAM, reserve_ram_pages_type() fails for WT
> for now.  This function may not reserve a RAM range for WT since
> reserve_ram_pages_type() uses the page flags limited to three memory
> types, WB, WC and UC.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@...com>
> Reviewed-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h |    4 ++++
>  arch/x86/mm/pat.c                 |   16 +++++++++++++---
>  2 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> index 157644b..c912680 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> @@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ static inline void set_page_memtype(struct page *pg,
>  	case _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB:
>  		memtype_flags = _PGMT_WB;
>  		break;
> +	case _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT:
> +	case _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP:
> +		pr_err("set_page_memtype: unsupported cachemode %d\n", memtype);
> +		BUG();

You already catch the cases with the hunk below at the entry of
reserve_ram_pages_type(). So what's the point of the BUG()?

If you are worried about other usage sites: This function should not
at all be in arch/x86/include/asm/cacheflush.h. It's solely used by
PAT, so we really should move it there before changing it.

>  	default:
>  		memtype_flags = _PGMT_DEFAULT;
>  		break;
> diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
> index db687c3..a214f5a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/mm/pat.c
> @@ -289,6 +289,8 @@ static int pat_pagerange_is_ram(resource_size_t start, resource_size_t end)
>  
>  /*
>   * For RAM pages, we use page flags to mark the pages with appropriate type.
> + * The page flags are currently limited to three types, WB, WC and UC. Hence,
> + * any request to WT or WP will fail with -EINVAL.
>   * Here we do two pass:
>   * - Find the memtype of all the pages in the range, look for any conflicts
>   * - In case of no conflicts, set the new memtype for pages in the range
> @@ -300,6 +302,13 @@ static int reserve_ram_pages_type(u64 start, u64 end,
>  	struct page *page;
>  	u64 pfn;
>  
> +	if ((req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT) ||
> +	    (req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WP)) {
> +		if (new_type)
> +			*new_type = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS;
> +		return -EINVAL;
> +	}
> +
>  	if (req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC) {
>  		/* We do not support strong UC */
>  		WARN_ON_ONCE(1);
> @@ -349,6 +358,7 @@ static int free_ram_pages_type(u64 start, u64 end)
>   * - _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC
>   * - _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS
>   * - _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC
> + * - _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WT
>   *
>   * If new_type is NULL, function will return an error if it cannot reserve the
>   * region with req_type. If new_type is non-NULL, function will return
> @@ -368,10 +378,10 @@ int reserve_memtype(u64 start, u64 end, enum page_cache_mode req_type,
>  	if (!pat_enabled) {
>  		/* This is identical to page table setting without PAT */
>  		if (new_type) {
> -			if (req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WC)
> -				*new_type = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS;
> +			if (req_type == _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB)
> +				*new_type = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_WB;
>  			else
> -				*new_type = req_type;
> +				*new_type = _PAGE_CACHE_MODE_UC_MINUS;

So until now we supported WB, UC- and UC and mapped WC to UC-. Now we
map everything except WB to UC-

Why feels that wrong without a comment explaining it?

Thanks,

	tglx
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