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Message-ID: <aMqAPwNmD6HxqUFh@e129823.arm.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2025 10:32:47 +0100
From: Yeoreum Yun <yeoreum.yun@....com>
To: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>, broonie@...nel.org,
	maz@...nel.org, oliver.upton@...ux.dev, joey.gouly@....com,
	james.morse@....com, ardb@...nel.org, scott@...amperecomputing.com,
	suzuki.poulose@....com, yuzenghui@...wei.com, mark.rutland@....com,
	linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, kvmarm@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND v7 4/6] arm64: futex: refactor futex atomic
 operation

Hi all,

> Hi,
>
> [...]
> > > +#define LSUI_CMPXCHG_HELPER(suffix, start_bit)                                 \
> > > +static __always_inline int                                                     \
> > > +__lsui_cmpxchg_helper_##suffix(u64 __user *uaddr, u32 oldval, u32 newval)      \
> > > +{                                                                              \
> > > +       int ret = 0;                                                            \
> > > +       u64 oval, nval, tmp;                                                    \
> > > +                                                                               \
> > > +       asm volatile("//__lsui_cmpxchg_helper_" #suffix "\n"                    \
> > > +       __LSUI_PREAMBLE                                                         \
> > > +"      prfm    pstl1strm, %2\n"                                                \
> > > +"1:    ldtr    %x1, %2\n"                                                      \
> > > +"      mov     %x3, %x1\n"                                                     \
> > > +"      bfi     %x1, %x5, #" #start_bit ", #32\n"                               \
> > > +"      bfi     %x3, %x6, #" #start_bit ", #32\n"                               \
> > > +"      mov     %x4, %x1\n"                                                     \
> > > +"2:    caslt   %x1, %x3, %2\n"                                                 \
> > > +"      sub     %x1, %x1, %x4\n"                                                \
> > > +"      cbz     %x1, 3f\n"                                                      \
> > > +"      mov     %w0, %w7\n"                                                     \
> > > +"3:\n"                                                                         \
> > > +"      dmb     ish\n"                                                          \
> > > +"4:\n"                                                                         \
> > > +       _ASM_EXTABLE_UACCESS_ERR(1b, 4b, %w0)                                   \
> > > +       _ASM_EXTABLE_UACCESS_ERR(2b, 4b, %w0)                                   \
> > > +       : "+r" (ret), "=&r" (oval), "+Q" (*uaddr), "=&r" (nval), "=&r" (tmp)    \
> > > +       : "r" (oldval), "r" (newval), "Ir" (-EAGAIN)                            \
> > > +       : "memory");                                                            \
> >
> > The vast majority of this can be written in C.
>
> Here is the version with C base on patch 6:
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h
> index 1d6d9f856ac5..68af15ba545a 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/futex.h
> @@ -127,81 +127,77 @@ LSUI_FUTEX_ATOMIC_OP(andnot, ldtclr, al)
>  LSUI_FUTEX_ATOMIC_OP(set, swpt, al)
>
>  static __always_inline int
> -__lsui_futex_atomic_and(int oparg, u32 __user *uaddr, int *oval)
> +__lsui_cmpxchg_helper(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 oldval, u32 newval, u32 *oval)
>  {
> -       return __lsui_futex_atomic_andnot(~oparg, uaddr, oval);
> -}
> +       int ret = -EAGAIN;
> +       u64 __user *uaddr_al;
> +       u64 oval64, nval64, tmp;
> +       static const u64 lo32_mask = GENMASK_U64(31, 0);
> +
> +       uaddr_al = (u64 __user *) ALIGN_DOWN((unsigned long)uaddr, sizeof(u64));
> +       unsafe_get_user(oval64, uaddr_al, err_fault);
> +
> +       if ((u32 __user *)uaddr_al != uaddr) {
> +               nval64 = ((oval64 & lo32_mask) | ((u64)newval << 32));
> +               oval64 = ((oval64 & lo32_mask) | ((u64)oldval << 32));
> +       } else {
> +               nval64 = ((oval64 & ~lo32_mask) | newval);
> +               oval64 = ((oval64 & ~lo32_mask) | oldval);
> +       }
>
> -static __always_inline int
> -__lsui_futex_atomic_eor(int oparg, u32 __user *uaddr, int *oval)
> -{
> -       unsigned int loops = FUTEX_MAX_LOOPS;
> -       int ret, oldval, tmp;
> +       tmp = oval64;
>
> -       /*
> -        * there are no ldteor/stteor instructions...
> -        */
> -       asm volatile("// __lsui_futex_atomic_eor\n"
> +       asm volatile("//__lsui_cmpxchg_helper\n"
>         __LSUI_PREAMBLE
> -"      prfm    pstl1strm, %2\n"
> -"1:    ldtxr   %w1, %2\n"
> -"      eor     %w3, %w1, %w5\n"
> -"2:    stltxr  %w0, %w3, %2\n"
> -"      cbz     %w0, 3f\n"
> -"      sub     %w4, %w4, %w0\n"
> -"      cbnz    %w4, 1b\n"
> -"      mov     %w0, %w6\n"
> -"3:\n"
> +"1:    caslt   %x1, %x3, %2\n"
> +"      sub     %x1, %x1, %x4\n"
> +"      cbnz    %x1, 2f\n"
> +"      mov     %w0, %w5\n"
> +"2:\n"
>  "      dmb     ish\n"
> +"3:\n"
>         _ASM_EXTABLE_UACCESS_ERR(1b, 3b, %w0)
> -       _ASM_EXTABLE_UACCESS_ERR(2b, 3b, %w0)
> -       : "=&r" (ret), "=&r" (oldval), "+Q" (*uaddr), "=&r" (tmp),
> -         "+r" (loops)
> -       : "r" (oparg), "Ir" (-EAGAIN)
> +       : "+r" (ret), "=&r" (oval64), "+Q" (*uaddr_al)
> +       : "r" (nval64), "r" (tmp), "Ir" (0)
>         : "memory");
>
>         if (!ret)
>                 *oval = oldval;
>
> +err_fault:
>         return ret;
>  }
>
>  static __always_inline int
> -__lsui_futex_cmpxchg(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 oldval, u32 newval, u32 *oval)
> +__lsui_futex_atomic_and(int oparg, u32 __user *uaddr, int *oval)
>  {
> -       int ret = 0;
> -       unsigned int loops = FUTEX_MAX_LOOPS;
> -       u32 val, tmp;
> +       return __lsui_futex_atomic_andnot(~oparg, uaddr, oval);
> +}
> +
> +static __always_inline int
> +__lsui_futex_atomic_eor(int oparg, u32 __user *uaddr, int *oval)
> +{
> +{
> +       int ret = -EAGAIN;
> +       u32 oldval, newval;
>
>         /*
> -        * cas{al}t doesn't support word size...
> +        * there are no ldteor/stteor instructions...
>          */
> -       asm volatile("//__lsui_futex_cmpxchg\n"
> -       __LSUI_PREAMBLE
> -"      prfm    pstl1strm, %2\n"
> -"1:    ldtxr   %w1, %2\n"
> -"      eor     %w3, %w1, %w5\n"
> -"      cbnz    %w3, 4f\n"
> -"2:    stltxr  %w3, %w6, %2\n"
> -"      cbz     %w3, 3f\n"
> -"      sub     %w4, %w4, %w3\n"
> -"      cbnz    %w4, 1b\n"
> -"      mov     %w0, %w7\n"
> -"3:\n"
> -"      dmb     ish\n"
> -"4:\n"
> -       _ASM_EXTABLE_UACCESS_ERR(1b, 4b, %w0)
> -       _ASM_EXTABLE_UACCESS_ERR(2b, 4b, %w0)
> -       : "+r" (ret), "=&r" (val), "+Q" (*uaddr), "=&r" (tmp), "+r" (loops)
> -       : "r" (oldval), "r" (newval), "Ir" (-EAGAIN)
> -       : "memory");
> +       unsafe_get_user(oldval, uaddr, err_fault);
> +       newval = oldval ^ oparg;
>
> -       if (!ret)
> -               *oval = oldval;
> +       ret = __lsui_cmpxchg_helper(uaddr, oldval, newval, oval);
>
> +err_fault:
>         return ret;
>  }
>
> +static __always_inline int
> +__lsui_futex_cmpxchg(u32 __user *uaddr, u32 oldval, u32 newval, u32 *oval)
> +{
> +       return __lsui_cmpxchg_helper(uaddr, oldval, newval, oval);
> +}
> +
>  #define __lsui_llsc_body(op, ...)                                      \
>  ({                                                                     \
>         alternative_has_cap_likely(ARM64_HAS_LSUI) ?                    \
> (END)
>
> I'm not sure this is good for you.
> But If you share your thought, That's would be greatful.
> (Note:
>   When I test with 256 threads for futex_atomic_eor op, there is not much
>   difference with former assembly version)
>

Might be all discussion seems to be going to made cmpxchg with C version.
I'll respin cmpxchg with C version with the missing endianess support.

Thanks.

--
Sincerely,
Yeoreum Yun

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