linux-kernel - Re: crisv32 runtime failure in -next due to 'page-flags: define behavior SL*B-related flags on compound pages'

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Date:	Tue, 22 Sep 2015 08:18:35 -0700
From:	"Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
To:	Hans-Peter Nilsson <hans-peter.nilsson@...s.com>
Cc:	kirill@...temov.name, starvik@...s.com, linux@...ck-us.net,
	jespern@...s.com, hughd@...gle.com,
	kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com, linux-next@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	minchan@...nel.org, linux-cris-kernel@...s.com
Subject: Re: crisv32 runtime failure in -next due to 'page-flags: define
 behavior SL*B-related flags on compound pages'

On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 03:57:06PM +0200, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> > From: "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill@...temov.name>
> > Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 15:27:51 +0200
> 
> > On Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 02:50:19PM +0200, Hans-Peter Nilsson wrote:
> > > That element (the struct) needs *explicit* padding or alignment
> > > to the required multiplicity of bytes for anyone to portably be
> > > able to imply something other than "byte alignment" for the
> > > layout of it, as elements of an array, across systems.  Use
> > > dummy elements or a compiler construct like __attribute__
> > > ((__aligned__ (...))) per kernel policy or taste.  I'd recommend
> > > specifying the alignment, so TRT will happen for it when it in
> > > turn is an element of an otherwise unpadded struct.
> 
> > I see. I would say it's very risky ABI choice, but okay.
> > 
> > What was the reason behind? I don't understand it.
> 
> It was made some 20+ years ago, some of the reason being (here's
> the irony) compatibility with a toolchain for another
> architecture, popular at the time, now forgotten.
> Another reason (IIRC) was that it saves space. :)
> 
> > Is it free to make misaligned memory access on CRIS?
> 
> Within a cache-line for CRIS v32, it's free.
> 
> > What about atomicity? How it works for misaligned accesses?
> 
> Good spotting.  No system with page layouts fixed at size
> multiples (all are, it'd be crazy to split pages as low as byte
> boundaries) can support naturally-misaligned atomic accesses.
> 
> Therefore elements with access expecting atomicity, have be
> decorated with alignment-inducing attributes, for portability,
> e.g. to work for CRIS.  In userspace, I can at times get away
> with calling a special function with a process-wide lock, in
> those cases where the upstream project is unlikely to timely
> understand e.g. that a naked "int" is not naturally aligned.
> 
> > The patch below fixes issue for me.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> > I'm not sure if we want to ask for alignment to sizeof(long).
> > aligned(2) works too.
> 
> I guess you hit the right spot, but I'd think people would be
> more comfortable with aligning to sizeof (void *).

I would indeed prefer sizeof(void *).

						Thanx, Paul

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