linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 14/36] m68k: Implement the new page table range API

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Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 08:43:44 +0100
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 14/36] m68k: Implement the new page table range API

Hi Willy,

On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 6:14 AM Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
<willy@...radead.org> wrote:
> Add PFN_PTE_SHIFT, update_mmu_cache_range(), flush_icache_pages() and
> flush_dcache_folio().
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>

Thanks for your patch!

> --- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/cacheflush_mm.h
> +++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/cacheflush_mm.h
> @@ -220,24 +220,29 @@ static inline void flush_cache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long vm
>
>  /* Push the page at kernel virtual address and clear the icache */
>  /* RZ: use cpush %bc instead of cpush %dc, cinv %ic */
> -static inline void __flush_page_to_ram(void *vaddr)
> +static inline void __flush_pages_to_ram(void *vaddr, unsigned int nr)
>  {
>         if (CPU_IS_COLDFIRE) {
>                 unsigned long addr, start, end;
>                 addr = ((unsigned long) vaddr) & ~(PAGE_SIZE - 1);
>                 start = addr & ICACHE_SET_MASK;
> -               end = (addr + PAGE_SIZE - 1) & ICACHE_SET_MASK;
> +               end = (addr + nr * PAGE_SIZE - 1) & ICACHE_SET_MASK;
>                 if (start > end) {
>                         flush_cf_bcache(0, end);
>                         end = ICACHE_MAX_ADDR;
>                 }
>                 flush_cf_bcache(start, end);
>         } else if (CPU_IS_040_OR_060) {
> -               __asm__ __volatile__("nop\n\t"
> -                                    ".chip 68040\n\t"
> -                                    "cpushp %%bc,(%0)\n\t"
> -                                    ".chip 68k"
> -                                    : : "a" (__pa(vaddr)));
> +               unsigned long paddr = __pa(vaddr);
> +
> +               do {
> +                       __asm__ __volatile__("nop\n\t"
> +                                            ".chip 68040\n\t"
> +                                            "cpushp %%bc,(%0)\n\t"
> +                                            ".chip 68k"
> +                                            : : "a" (paddr));
> +                       paddr += PAGE_SIZE;
> +               } while (--nr);

Please use "while (nr--) { ... }", to protect against anyone ever
calling this with nr == 0.

The rest LGTM, I'll give it a try shortly...

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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