linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] riscv: Improve flush_tlb_kernel

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Message-ID: <CA+V-a8s0i=VMSbMa6WvOiZpqe_idAhq4cZ0inSdCNy39-rQeAg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 6 Sep 2023 13:23:57 +0100
From:   "Lad, Prabhakar" <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com>
To:     Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>
Cc:     Geert Uytterhoeven <geert+renesas@...der.be>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        "Aneesh Kumar K . V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Nick Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Mayuresh Chitale <mchitale@...tanamicro.com>,
        Vincent Chen <vincent.chen@...ive.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] riscv: Improve flush_tlb_kernel_range()

Hi Alexandre,

On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 1:18 PM Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 2:09 PM Lad, Prabhakar
> <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Alexandre,
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 1:01 PM Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Prabhakar,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 1:49 PM Lad, Prabhakar
> > > <prabhakar.csengg@...il.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Alexandre,
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 9:58 AM Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > This function used to simply flush the whole tlb of all harts, be more
> > > > > subtile and try to only flush the range.
> > > > >
> > > > > The problem is that we can only use PAGE_SIZE as stride since we don't know
> > > > > the size of the underlying mapping and then this function will be improved
> > > > > only if the size of the region to flush is < threshold * PAGE_SIZE.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@...osinc.com>
> > > > > Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@...tanamicro.com>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 11 +++++-----
> > > > >  arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c          | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> > > > >  2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > After applying this patch, I am seeing module load issues on RZ/Five
> > > > (complete log [0]). I am testing defconfig + [1] (rz/five related
> > > > configs).
> > > >
> > > > Any pointers on what could be an issue here?
> > >
> > > Can you give me the exact version of the kernel you use? The trap
> > > addresses are vmalloc addresses, and a fix for those landed very late
> > > in the release cycle.
> > >
> > I am using next-20230906, Ive pushed a branch [1] for you to have a look.
> >
> > [0] https://github.com/prabhakarlad/linux/tree/rzfive-debug
>
> Great, thanks, I had to get rid of this possibility :)
>
> As-is, I have no idea, can you try to "bisect" the problem? I mean
> which patch in the series leads to those traps?
>
Oops sorry for not mentioning earlier, this is the offending patch
which leads to the issues seen on rz/five.

Cheers,
Prabhakar