Le 07/06/2023 à 02:56, Nicholas Piggin a écrit :
> Fix an upstream powerpc bug that was discovered with a WARN_ON added in
> "lazy tlb: consolidate lazy tlb mm switching":
> 
>     Switching mm and tinkering with current->active_mm should be done with
>      irqs disabled. There is a path where exit_lazy_flush_tlb can be called
>      with irqs enabled:
> 
>          exit_lazy_flush_tlb
>          flush_type_needed
>          __flush_all_mm
>          tlb_finish_mmu
>          exit_mmap
> 
>      Which results in the switching being incorrectly with irqs enabled.
> 
>      Link: 
> https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/87a5xcgopc.fsf@mail.lhotse/T/#m105488939d0cd9f980978ed2fdeeb89bf731e673
>      Fixes: a665eec0a22e1 ("powerpc/64s/radix: Fix mm_cpumask trimming race 
> vs k>
> 
> I will send that fix upstream, which will end up conflicting with these.
> The resolution will be to take akpm's side of the merge (with this patch).
> Or drop the patch when it conflicts and I'll resend it rebased on the fix.

This seems to badly conflict at the moment, is it still applicable ?

Christophe

> 
> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npig...@gmail.com>
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_tlb.c | 10 +++++++++-
>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_tlb.c 
> b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_tlb.c
> index 90953cf9f648..8d71fe8f5cdb 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_tlb.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/book3s64/radix_tlb.c
> @@ -795,8 +795,16 @@ void exit_lazy_flush_tlb(struct mm_struct *mm, bool 
> always_flush)
>               goto out;
>   
>       if (current->active_mm == mm) {
> -             /* Is a kernel thread and is using mm as the lazy tlb */
> +             unsigned long flags;
> +
> +             /*
> +              * It is a kernel thread and is using mm as the lazy tlb, so
> +              * switch it to init_mm. This is not always called from IPI
> +              * (e.g., flush_type_needed), so must disable irqs.
> +              */
> +             local_irq_save(flags);
>               kthread_end_lazy_tlb_mm();
> +             local_irq_restore(flags);
>       }
>   
>       /*

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