linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 3/5] generic/pgtable: Introduce set_pte

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Date:   Tue, 04 Dec 2018 13:37:16 -0800
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     tglx@...utronix.de
Cc:     Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra \(Intel\)" <peterz@...radead.org>,
        "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v3 3/5] generic/pgtable: Introduce set_pte_safe()

Commit f77084d96355 "x86/mm/pat: Disable preemption around
__flush_tlb_all()" introduced a warning to capture cases
__flush_tlb_all() is called without pre-emption disabled. It triggers a
false positive warning in the memory hotplug path. On investigation it
was found that the __flush_tlb_all() calls are not necessary. However,
they are only "not necessary" in practice provided the ptes are being
initially populated from the !present state. Introduce set_pte_safe() as
a sanity check that the pte is being updated in a way that does not
require a tlb flush.

Forgive the macro, the availability of the various of set_pte() levels
is hit and miss across architectures.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/279dadae-9148-465c-7ec6-3f37e026c6c9@intel.com
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@...utronix.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Suggested-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@...radead.org>
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
---
 include/asm-generic/pgtable.h |   38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 38 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index dae7f98babed..a9cac82e9a7a 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -400,6 +400,44 @@ static inline int pgd_same(pgd_t pgd_a, pgd_t pgd_b)
 }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Use set_p*_safe(), and elide TLB flushing, when confident that *no*
+ * TLB flush will be required as a result of the "set". For example, use
+ * in scenarios where it is known ahead of time that the routine is
+ * setting non-present entries, or re-setting an existing entry to the
+ * same value. Otherwise, use the typical "set" helpers and flush the
+ * TLB.
+ */
+#define set_pte_safe(ptep, pte) \
+({ \
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(pte_present(*ptep) && !pte_same(*ptep, pte)); \
+	set_pte(ptep, pte); \
+})
+
+#define set_pmd_safe(pmdp, pmd) \
+({ \
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(pmd_present(*pmdp) && !pmd_same(*pmdp, pmd)); \
+	set_pmd(pmdp, pmd); \
+})
+
+#define set_pud_safe(pudp, pud) \
+({ \
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(pud_present(*pudp) && !pud_same(*pudp, pud)); \
+	set_pud(pudp, pud); \
+})
+
+#define set_p4d_safe(p4dp, p4d) \
+({ \
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(p4d_present(*p4dp) && !p4d_same(*p4dp, p4d)); \
+	set_p4d(p4dp, p4d); \
+})
+
+#define set_pgd_safe(pgdp, pgd) \
+({ \
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(pgd_present(*pgdp) && !pgd_same(*pgdp, pgd)); \
+	set_pgd(pgdp, pgd); \
+})
+
 #ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_DO_SWAP_PAGE
 /*
  * Some architectures support metadata associated with a page. When a