Thread (7 messages) 7 messages, 3 authors, 2018-03-27

[PATCH v4 2/3] arm64: Implement page table free interfaces

From: mark.rutland@arm.com (Mark Rutland)
Date: 2018-03-26 09:55:41
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On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 05:15:13PM +0530, Chintan Pandya wrote:
+static int __pmd_free_pte_page(pmd_t *pmd, unsigned long addr, bool tlb_inv)
+{
+	pmd_t *table;
+
+	if (pmd_val(*pmd)) {
+		table = __va(pmd_val(*pmd));
+		pmd_clear(pmd);
+		/*
+		 * FIXME: __flush_tlb_pgtable(&init_mm, addr) is
+		 *        ideal candidate here, which exactly
+		 *        flushes intermediate pgtables. But,
+		 *        this is broken (evident from tests).
+		 *        So, use safe TLB op unless that is fixed.
+		 */
+		if (tlb_inv)
+			flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PMD_SIZE);
I don't think that __flush_tlb_pgtable() is broken. It's only valid to
call it for user page tables, since it doesn't affect all ASIDs.

We can add a simlar helper for kernel mappings, which affects all ASIDs,
e.g.

static inline void __flush_tlb_kernel_pgtable(unsigned long addr)
{
	addr >>= 12;
	__tlbi(vaae1is, addr);
	dsb(ish);
}

Thanks,
Mark.
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