[PATCH v4 07/13] mm/debug_vm_pgtable/set_pte/pmd/pud: Don't use set_*_at to update an existing pte entry

Anshuman Khandual anshuman.khandual at arm.com
Fri Sep 4 15:34:32 AEST 2020



On 09/02/2020 05:12 PM, Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> set_pte_at() should not be used to set a pte entry at locations that
> already holds a valid pte entry. Architectures like ppc64 don't do TLB
> invalidate in set_pte_at() and hence expect it to be used to set locations
> that are not a valid PTE.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar at linux.ibm.com>
> ---
>  mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c | 35 +++++++++++++++--------------------
>  1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> index 9cafed39c236..de333871f407 100644
> --- a/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> +++ b/mm/debug_vm_pgtable.c
> @@ -79,15 +79,18 @@ static void __init pte_advanced_tests(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  {
>  	pte_t pte = pfn_pte(pfn, prot);
>  
> +	/*
> +	 * Architectures optimize set_pte_at by avoiding TLB flush.
> +	 * This requires set_pte_at to be not used to update an
> +	 * existing pte entry. Clear pte before we do set_pte_at
> +	 */
> +
>  	pr_debug("Validating PTE advanced\n");
>  	pte = pfn_pte(pfn, prot);
>  	set_pte_at(mm, vaddr, ptep, pte);
>  	ptep_set_wrprotect(mm, vaddr, ptep);
>  	pte = ptep_get(ptep);
>  	WARN_ON(pte_write(pte));
> -
> -	pte = pfn_pte(pfn, prot);
> -	set_pte_at(mm, vaddr, ptep, pte);
>  	ptep_get_and_clear(mm, vaddr, ptep);
>  	pte = ptep_get(ptep);
>  	WARN_ON(!pte_none(pte));
> @@ -101,13 +104,11 @@ static void __init pte_advanced_tests(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	ptep_set_access_flags(vma, vaddr, ptep, pte, 1);
>  	pte = ptep_get(ptep);
>  	WARN_ON(!(pte_write(pte) && pte_dirty(pte)));
> -
> -	pte = pfn_pte(pfn, prot);
> -	set_pte_at(mm, vaddr, ptep, pte);
>  	ptep_get_and_clear_full(mm, vaddr, ptep, 1);
>  	pte = ptep_get(ptep);
>  	WARN_ON(!pte_none(pte));
>  
> +	pte = pfn_pte(pfn, prot);
>  	pte = pte_mkyoung(pte);
>  	set_pte_at(mm, vaddr, ptep, pte);
>  	ptep_test_and_clear_young(vma, vaddr, ptep);
> @@ -169,9 +170,6 @@ static void __init pmd_advanced_tests(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	pmdp_set_wrprotect(mm, vaddr, pmdp);
>  	pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
>  	WARN_ON(pmd_write(pmd));
> -
> -	pmd = pmd_mkhuge(pfn_pmd(pfn, prot));
> -	set_pmd_at(mm, vaddr, pmdp, pmd);
>  	pmdp_huge_get_and_clear(mm, vaddr, pmdp);
>  	pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
>  	WARN_ON(!pmd_none(pmd));
> @@ -185,13 +183,11 @@ static void __init pmd_advanced_tests(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	pmdp_set_access_flags(vma, vaddr, pmdp, pmd, 1);
>  	pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
>  	WARN_ON(!(pmd_write(pmd) && pmd_dirty(pmd)));
> -
> -	pmd = pmd_mkhuge(pfn_pmd(pfn, prot));
> -	set_pmd_at(mm, vaddr, pmdp, pmd);
>  	pmdp_huge_get_and_clear_full(vma, vaddr, pmdp, 1);
>  	pmd = READ_ONCE(*pmdp);
>  	WARN_ON(!pmd_none(pmd));
>  
> +	pmd = pmd_mkhuge(pfn_pmd(pfn, prot));
>  	pmd = pmd_mkyoung(pmd);
>  	set_pmd_at(mm, vaddr, pmdp, pmd);
>  	pmdp_test_and_clear_young(vma, vaddr, pmdp);
> @@ -292,17 +288,9 @@ static void __init pud_advanced_tests(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	WARN_ON(pud_write(pud));
>  
>  #ifndef __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED
> -	pud = pud_mkhuge(pfn_pud(pfn, prot));
> -	set_pud_at(mm, vaddr, pudp, pud);
>  	pudp_huge_get_and_clear(mm, vaddr, pudp);
>  	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
>  	WARN_ON(!pud_none(pud));
> -
> -	pud = pud_mkhuge(pfn_pud(pfn, prot));
> -	set_pud_at(mm, vaddr, pudp, pud);
> -	pudp_huge_get_and_clear_full(mm, vaddr, pudp, 1);
> -	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
> -	WARN_ON(!pud_none(pud));
>  #endif /* __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED */
>  
>  	pud = pud_mkhuge(pfn_pud(pfn, prot));
> @@ -315,6 +303,13 @@ static void __init pud_advanced_tests(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
>  	WARN_ON(!(pud_write(pud) && pud_dirty(pud)));
>  
> +#ifndef __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED
> +	pudp_huge_get_and_clear_full(mm, vaddr, pudp, 1);
> +	pud = READ_ONCE(*pudp);
> +	WARN_ON(!pud_none(pud));
> +#endif /* __PAGETABLE_PMD_FOLDED */
> +
> +	pud = pud_mkhuge(pfn_pud(pfn, prot));
>  	pud = pud_mkyoung(pud);
>  	set_pud_at(mm, vaddr, pudp, pud);
>  	pudp_test_and_clear_young(vma, vaddr, pudp);
> 

Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual at arm.com>


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