[PATCH v2] powerpc: Allow flush_(inval_)dcache_range to work across ranges >4GB
Greg Kroah-Hartman
gregkh at linuxfoundation.org
Tue Aug 27 02:50:21 AEST 2019
On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:19:27AM +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair at d-silva.org>
>
> The upstream commit:
> 22e9c88d486a ("powerpc/64: reuse PPC32 static inline flush_dcache_range()")
> has a similar effect, but since it is a rewrite of the assembler to C, is
> too invasive for stable. This patch is a minimal fix to address the issue in
> assembler.
>
> This patch applies cleanly to v5.2, v4.19 & v4.14.
>
> When calling flush_(inval_)dcache_range with a size >4GB, we were masking
> off the upper 32 bits, so we would incorrectly flush a range smaller
> than intended.
>
> This patch replaces the 32 bit shifts with 64 bit ones, so that
> the full size is accounted for.
>
> Changelog:
> v2
> - Add related upstream commit
>
> Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair at d-silva.org>
> ---
> arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S | 4 ++--
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> index 1ad4089dd110..d4d096f80f4b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ _GLOBAL_TOC(flush_dcache_range)
> subf r8,r6,r4 /* compute length */
> add r8,r8,r5 /* ensure we get enough */
> lwz r9,DCACHEL1LOGBLOCKSIZE(r10) /* Get log-2 of dcache block size */
> - srw. r8,r8,r9 /* compute line count */
> + srd. r8,r8,r9 /* compute line count */
> beqlr /* nothing to do? */
> mtctr r8
> 0: dcbst 0,r6
> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ _GLOBAL(flush_inval_dcache_range)
> subf r8,r6,r4 /* compute length */
> add r8,r8,r5 /* ensure we get enough */
> lwz r9,DCACHEL1LOGBLOCKSIZE(r10)/* Get log-2 of dcache block size */
> - srw. r8,r8,r9 /* compute line count */
> + srd. r8,r8,r9 /* compute line count */
> beqlr /* nothing to do? */
> sync
> isync
I need an ack from the powerpc maintainer(s) before I can take this.
thanks,
greg k-h
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