linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] s390/mm,tlb: race of lazy TLB flush vs. recreation of TLB entries

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Date:	Thu, 14 Nov 2013 09:10:07 +0100
From:	Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
To:	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
Cc:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] s390/mm,tlb: race of lazy TLB flush vs. recreation
 of TLB entries

On Wed, 13 Nov 2013 16:16:35 +0000
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com> wrote:

> On 13 November 2013 08:16, Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com> wrote:
> > diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h
> > index 5d1f950..e91afeb 100644
> > --- a/arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h
> > +++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/mmu_context.h
> > @@ -48,13 +48,38 @@ static inline void update_mm(struct mm_struct *mm, struct task_struct *tsk)
> >  static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
> >                              struct task_struct *tsk)
> >  {
> > -       cpumask_set_cpu(smp_processor_id(), mm_cpumask(next));
> > -       update_mm(next, tsk);
> > +       int cpu = smp_processor_id();
> > +
> > +       if (prev == next)
> > +               return;
> > +       if (atomic_inc_return(&next->context.attach_count) >> 16) {
> > +               /* Delay update_mm until all TLB flushes are done. */
> > +               set_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_TLB_WAIT);
> > +       } else {
> > +               cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next));
> > +               update_mm(next, tsk);
> > +               if (next->context.flush_mm)
> > +                       /* Flush pending TLBs */
> > +                       __tlb_flush_mm(next);
> > +       }
> >         atomic_dec(&prev->context.attach_count);
> >         WARN_ON(atomic_read(&prev->context.attach_count) < 0);
> > -       atomic_inc(&next->context.attach_count);
> > -       /* Check for TLBs not flushed yet */
> > -       __tlb_flush_mm_lazy(next);
> > +}
> > +
> > +#define finish_switch_mm finish_switch_mm
> > +static inline void finish_switch_mm(struct mm_struct *mm,
> > +                                   struct task_struct *tsk)
> > +{
> > +       if (!test_and_clear_tsk_thread_flag(tsk, TIF_TLB_WAIT))
> > +               return;
> > +
> > +       while (atomic_read(&mm->context.attach_count) >> 16)
> > +               cpu_relax();
> > +
> > +       cpumask_set_cpu(smp_processor_id(), mm_cpumask(mm));
> > +       update_mm(mm, tsk);
> > +       if (mm->context.flush_mm)
> > +               __tlb_flush_mm(mm);
> >  }
> 
> Some care is needed here with preemption (we had this on arm and I
> think we need a fix on arm64 as well). Basically you set TIF_TLB_WAIT
> on a thread but you get preempted just before finish_switch_mm(). The
> new thread has the same mm as the preempted on and switch_mm() exits
> early without setting another flag. So finish_switch_mm() wouldn't do
> anything but you still switched to the new mm. The fix is to make the
> flag per mm rather than thread (see commit bdae73cd374e).

Interesting. For s390 I need to make sure that each task attaching an
mm waits for the completion of concurrent TLB flush operations. If the
scheduler does not switch the mm I don't care, the mm is still attached.
For the s390 issue a TIF bit seems appropriate. But I have to add an
preempt_enable/preempt_disable pair to finish_switch_mm, otherwise the
task can get hit by preemption after the while loop.

-- 
blue skies,
   Martin.

"Reality continues to ruin my life." - Calvin.

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