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Date:   Fri, 6 Jan 2017 16:05:15 +0000
From:   Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
To:     Christopher Covington <cov@...eaurora.org>
Cc:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>,
        Radim Krčmář <rkrcmar@...hat.com>,
        Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>,
        Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>, kvm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, shankerd@...eaurora.org,
        timur@...eaurora.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] arm64: Use __tlbi_dsb() macros in KVM code

On Fri, Jan 06, 2017 at 10:51:53AM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote:
> On 01/03/2017 10:57 AM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 05:43:34PM -0500, Christopher Covington wrote:
> >> Refactor the KVM code to use the newly introduced __tlbi_dsb macros, which
> >> will allow an errata workaround that repeats tlbi dsb sequences to only
> >> change one location. This is not intended to change the generated assembly
> >> and comparing before and after vmlinux objdump shows no functional changes.
> 
> @@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ void __hyp_text __kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t ipa)
>  	 * whole of Stage-1. Weep...
>  	 */
>  	ipa >>= 12;
> -	asm volatile("tlbi ipas2e1is, %0" : : "r" (ipa));
> +	__tlbi_dsb(ipas2e1is, ish, ipa);
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * We have to ensure completion of the invalidation at Stage-2,
> 
> >> @@ -40,9 +41,7 @@ void __hyp_text __kvm_tlb_flush_vmid_ipa(struct kvm *kvm, phys_addr_t ipa)
> >>  	 * complete (S1 + S2) walk based on the old Stage-2 mapping if
> >>  	 * the Stage-1 invalidation happened first.
> >>  	 */
> >> -	dsb(ish);
> > 
> > Looks like this got accidentally removed. AFAICT it is still necessary.
> 
> Not removed, just hoisted above the comment block to the previous patch hunk.

Ah, sorry. I hadn't spotted that it got folded into the __tlbi_dsb()
above.

Given the comment was previously attached to the DSB, it might make more
sense to fold it into the prior comment block, so that it remains
attached to the __tlbi_dsb(), which guarantees the completion that the
comment describes.

Thanks,
Mark.