linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] riscv: mm: synchronize MMU after page table update

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Date:   Fri, 03 Apr 2020 09:03:31 -0700 (PDT)
From:   Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>
To:     nickhu@...estech.com
CC:     Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>, aou@...s.berkeley.edu,
        guoren@...nel.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rppt@...ux.ibm.com,
        nickhu@...estech.com, mark.rutland@....com, nylon7@...estech.com,
        alankao@...estech.com, alexios.zavras@...el.com,
        tglx@...utronix.de, npiggin@...il.com, anup@...infault.org,
        zong.li@...ive.com, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject:     Re: [PATCH] riscv: mm: synchronize MMU after page table update

On Mon, 23 Mar 2020 22:49:45 PDT (-0700), nickhu@...estech.com wrote:
> Similar to commit bf587caae305 ("riscv: mm: synchronize MMU after pte change")
>
> For those riscv implementations whose TLB cannot synchronize with dcache,
> an SFENCE.VMA is necessary after page table update.
> This patch fixed two functions:
>
> 1. pgd_alloc
> During fork, a parent process prepares pgd for its child and updates satp
> later, but they may not run on the same core. Adding a remote SFENCE.VMA to
> invalidate TLB in other cores is needed. Thus use flush_tlb_all() instead
> of local_flush_tlb_all() here.
> Similar approaches can be found in arm and csky.
>
> 2. __set_fixmap
> Add a SFENCE.VMA after fixmap pte update.
> Similar approaches can be found in arm and sh.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Hu <nickhu@...estech.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nylon Chen <nylon7@...estech.com>
> Cc: Alan Kao <alankao@...estech.com>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 1 +
>  arch/riscv/mm/init.c             | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
> index 3f601ee8233f..071468fa14b7 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgalloc.h
> @@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ static inline pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
>  		memcpy(pgd + USER_PTRS_PER_PGD,
>  			init_mm.pgd + USER_PTRS_PER_PGD,
>  			(PTRS_PER_PGD - USER_PTRS_PER_PGD) * sizeof(pgd_t));
> +		flush_tlb_all();
>  	}
>  	return pgd;
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> index fab855963c73..a7f329503ed0 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> @@ -203,8 +203,8 @@ void __set_fixmap(enum fixed_addresses idx, phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t prot)
>  		set_pte(ptep, pfn_pte(phys >> PAGE_SHIFT, prot));
>  	} else {
>  		pte_clear(&init_mm, addr, ptep);
> -		local_flush_tlb_page(addr);
>  	}
> +	local_flush_tlb_page(addr);
>  }
>
>  static pte_t *__init get_pte_virt(phys_addr_t pa)

As a general rule, any fences are supposed to have a comment describing why
they're there.  The generic fences will be caught by checkpatch, but I don't
remember if these are.