[PATCH v2 03/10] powerpc/6xx: Store PGDIR physical address in a SPRG

Christophe Leroy christophe.leroy at c-s.fr
Fri Mar 8 06:10:39 AEDT 2019



Le 07/03/2019 à 20:07, Guenter Roeck a écrit :
> On Thu, Mar 07, 2019 at 06:14:09PM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 03/07/2019 02:11 PM, Guenter Roeck wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 10:37:55AM +0000, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>>>> Use SPRN_SPRG2 to store the current thread PGDIR and
>>>> avoid reading thread_struct.pgdir at every TLB miss.
>>>>
>>> This patch causes a number of silent (no crash) qemu boot stalls
>>> in -next. See
>>> https://kerneltests.org/builders/qemu-ppc-next/builds/1080/steps/qemubuildcommand/logs/stdio
>>> for an example.
>>
>> Oops.
>> Could you try the fix below ?
>>
> 
> Yes, that does the trick. With this patch applied on top of next-20190306,
> all my ppc qemu boot tests pass.
> 
> Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux at roeck-us.net>

Thanks for testing.

I'll send a proper patch tomorrow morning, sorry for that.

Christophe

> 
> Guenter
> 
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S
>> b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S
>> index 6f1c11e0691f..7534ecff5e92 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/cpu_setup_6xx.S
>> @@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ BEGIN_MMU_FTR_SECTION
>>   	li	r10,0
>>   	mtspr	SPRN_SPRG_603_LRU,r10		/* init SW LRU tracking */
>>   END_MMU_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(MMU_FTR_NEED_DTLB_SW_LRU)
>> -	lis	r10, (swapper_pg_dir - PAGE_OFFSET)@h
>> -	ori	r10, r10, (swapper_pg_dir - PAGE_OFFSET)@l
>> -	mtspr	SPRN_SPRG_PGDIR, r10
>>
>>   BEGIN_FTR_SECTION
>>   	bl	__init_fpu_registers
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
>> index ce6a972f2584..48051c8977c5 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_32.S
>> @@ -855,6 +855,9 @@ __secondary_start:
>>   	li	r3,0
>>   	stw	r3, RTAS_SP(r4)		/* 0 => not in RTAS */
>>   #endif
>> +	lis	r4, (swapper_pg_dir - PAGE_OFFSET)@h
>> +	ori	r4, r4, (swapper_pg_dir - PAGE_OFFSET)@l
>> +	mtspr	SPRN_SPRG_PGDIR, r4
>>
>>   	/* enable MMU and jump to start_secondary */
>>   	li	r4,MSR_KERNEL
>> @@ -942,6 +945,9 @@ start_here:
>>   	li	r3,0
>>   	stw	r3, RTAS_SP(r4)		/* 0 => not in RTAS */
>>   #endif
>> +	lis	r4, (swapper_pg_dir - PAGE_OFFSET)@h
>> +	ori	r4, r4, (swapper_pg_dir - PAGE_OFFSET)@l
>> +	mtspr	SPRN_SPRG_PGDIR, r4
>>
>>   	/* stack */
>>   	lis	r1,init_thread_union at ha
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_32.S b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_32.S
>> index 1f13494efb2b..587e4550d83e 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_32.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_low_32.S
>> @@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ _GLOBAL(hash_page)
>>   	lis	r0,KERNELBASE at h		/* check if kernel address */
>>   	cmplw	0,r4,r0
>>   	ori	r3,r3,_PAGE_USER|_PAGE_PRESENT /* test low addresses as user */
>> -	mfspr	r5, SPRN_SPRG_PGDIR	/* virt page-table root */
>> +	mfspr	r5, SPRN_SPRG_PGDIR	/* phys page-table root */
>>   	blt+	112f			/* assume user more likely */
>> -	lis	r5,swapper_pg_dir at ha	/* if kernel address, use */
>> -	addi	r5,r5,swapper_pg_dir at l	/* kernel page table */
>> +	lis	r5, (swapper_pg_dir - PAGE_OFFSET)@ha	/* if kernel address, use */
>> +	addi	r5 ,r5 , (swapper_pg_dir - PAGE_OFFSET)@l	/* kernel page table */
>>   	rlwimi	r3,r9,32-12,29,29	/* MSR_PR -> _PAGE_USER */
>> -112:	tophys(r5, r5)
>> +112:
>>   #ifndef CONFIG_PTE_64BIT
>>   	rlwimi	r5,r4,12,20,29		/* insert top 10 bits of address */
>>   	lwz	r8,0(r5)		/* get pmd entry */
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Christophe
>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately, it is not possible to revert the patch due to subsequent
>>> patches, so I was unable to test a revert.
>>>
>>> Bisect log is attached.
>>>
>>> Guenter
>>>
>>> ---
>>> # bad: [cf08baa29613dd899954089e7cc7dba1d478b365] Add linux-next specific files for 20190306
>>> # good: [1c163f4c7b3f621efff9b28a47abb36f7378d783] Linux 5.0
>>> git bisect start 'HEAD' 'v5.0'
>>> # bad: [6cc8f3499ec8d31904ab9083980a91736512cb37] Merge remote-tracking branch 'vfs/for-next'
>>> git bisect bad 6cc8f3499ec8d31904ab9083980a91736512cb37
>>> # good: [63bdf4284c38a48af21745ceb148a087b190cd21] Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6
>>> git bisect good 63bdf4284c38a48af21745ceb148a087b190cd21
>>> # good: [520b5fc601ab760fee7ea0c403b42d04e8ebfd93] Merge remote-tracking branch 'arm-soc/for-next'
>>> git bisect good 520b5fc601ab760fee7ea0c403b42d04e8ebfd93
>>> # bad: [d7f54e4e0d4e90f5df78da8d6a830bafad3b535a] Merge remote-tracking branch 'xtensa/xtensa-for-next'
>>> git bisect bad d7f54e4e0d4e90f5df78da8d6a830bafad3b535a
>>> # good: [0c1a78523542fb3d2e6c5ac7955c8ca8f6482e6f] Merge remote-tracking branch 'clk/clk-next'
>>> git bisect good 0c1a78523542fb3d2e6c5ac7955c8ca8f6482e6f
>>> # bad: [fb0b0a73b223fc113e961b1d921322844e9c30d9] powerpc: Enable kcov
>>> git bisect bad fb0b0a73b223fc113e961b1d921322844e9c30d9
>>> # good: [d0055df0c9c1471c389197a69f43e300185a75aa] Merge branch 'topic/dma' into next
>>> git bisect good d0055df0c9c1471c389197a69f43e300185a75aa
>>> # good: [0df977eafc792a5365a7f81d8d5920132e03afad] powerpc/6xx: Don't use SPRN_SPRG2 for storing stack pointer while in RTAS
>>> git bisect good 0df977eafc792a5365a7f81d8d5920132e03afad
>>> # bad: [665bed2386e5dc29844ad78c7ef1464664b103ec] powerpc/8xx: replace most #ifdef by IS_ENABLED() in 8xx_mmu.c
>>> git bisect bad 665bed2386e5dc29844ad78c7ef1464664b103ec
>>> # bad: [78ca1108b10927b3d068c8da91352b0f4cd01fc5] powerpc/book3s32: Reorder _PAGE_XXX flags to simplify TLB handling
>>> git bisect bad 78ca1108b10927b3d068c8da91352b0f4cd01fc5
>>> # bad: [a8a121995b2e4f227fddc534c6bd5f1c02cbe2ee] powerpc/603: Don't handle kernel page TLB misses when not need
>>> git bisect bad a8a121995b2e4f227fddc534c6bd5f1c02cbe2ee
>>> # bad: [2c12393f577396a51b7e0537bd3eb29dcc26dc1b] powerpc/603: use physical address directly in TLB miss handlers.
>>> git bisect bad 2c12393f577396a51b7e0537bd3eb29dcc26dc1b
>>> # bad: [93c4a162b014d238a287f8264adb25c009c79e61] powerpc/6xx: Store PGDIR physical address in a SPRG
>>> git bisect bad 93c4a162b014d238a287f8264adb25c009c79e61
>>> # first bad commit: [93c4a162b014d238a287f8264adb25c009c79e61] powerpc/6xx: Store PGDIR physical address in a SPRG
>>>


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