linux-kernel - Re: Same problem for 4.14.y and a concern: Re: [PATCH 4.19 056/191] powerpc: select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE

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Date:   Tue, 17 Nov 2020 19:45:28 -0500
From:   Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
To:     Kamal Mostafa <kamal@...onical.com>
Cc:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        "Peter Zijlstra (Intel)" <peterz@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: Same problem for 4.14.y and a concern: Re: [PATCH 4.19 056/191]
 powerpc: select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 10:51:16AM -0800, Kamal Mostafa wrote:
>On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 4:22 PM Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au> wrote:
>
>> Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org> writes:
>> > From: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
>> >
>> > [ Upstream commit 66acd46080bd9e5ad2be4b0eb1d498d5145d058e ]
>> >
>> > powerpc uses IPIs in some situations to switch a kernel thread away
>> > from a lazy tlb mm, which is subject to the TLB flushing race
>> > described in the changelog introducing ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM.
>> >
>> > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
>> > Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
>> > Link:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200914045219.3736466-3-npiggin@gmail.com
>> > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@...nel.org>
>> > ---
>> >  arch/powerpc/Kconfig                   | 1 +
>> >  arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 2 +-
>> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
>> > index f38d153d25861..0bc53f0e37c0f 100644
>> > --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
>> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
>> > @@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ config PPC
>> >       select ARCH_USE_BUILTIN_BSWAP
>> >       select ARCH_USE_CMPXCHG_LOCKREF         if PPC64
>> >       select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
>> > +     select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM
>>
>> This depends on upstream commit:
>>
>>   d53c3dfb23c4 ("mm: fix exec activate_mm vs TLB shootdown and lazy tlb
>> switching race")
>>
>>
>> Which I don't see in 4.19 stable, or in the email thread here.
>>
>> So this shouldn't be backported to 4.19 unless that commit is also
>> backported.
>>
>> cheers
>>
>
>Hi-
>
>This glitch has made its way into 4.14.y ...
>    [4.14.y] c2bca8712a19 powerpc: select ARCH_WANT_IRQS_OFF_ACTIVATE_MM
>But 4.14.y does not carry the prereq that introduces that config.

I'll queue up the 4.19 backport for 4.14 too, thanks!

-- 
Thanks,
Sasha