PowerPC failed to handle broadcast TLB flush operations. Executing instructions that are defined architecturally as synchronizing global TLB should have a global effect.
* tlbie on BookS * tlbivax on BookE * H_CALLs (H_REMOVE, H_BULK_REMOVE and H_PROTECT) in case of pseries, since they contain a tlbie on a real hypervisor. The implementation provides a single point that can be used in MTTCG for doing async-flushes. The patchset introduces bit-flags in CPUPPCState::tlb_need_flush: TLB_NEED_LOCAL_FLUSH (0x1) - Flush local tlb TLB_NEED_GLOBAL_FLUSH (0x2) - Flush tlb on other cpus. Note: Tested patches on commit ebc231d(Merge remote-tracking branch 'remotes/awilliam/tags/vfio-fixes-20160915.0' into staging), as ppc64 system emulation is broken after that. Changelog v5: * Added check_tlb_flush_[local, global] helpers * Changed the variable type to bool v4: * Updated commit message for patch 1/3 v3: * Updated commit messages and cover letter(benh) Nikunj A Dadhania (3): target-ppc: add TLB_NEED_LOCAL_FLUSH flag target-ppc: add flag in chech_tlb_flush() target-ppc: tlbie/tlbivax should have global effect hw/ppc/spapr_hcall.c | 6 ++++-- target-ppc/cpu.h | 2 ++ target-ppc/excp_helper.c | 4 ++-- target-ppc/helper.h | 3 ++- target-ppc/helper_regs.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++---- target-ppc/mmu-hash64.c | 6 +++--- target-ppc/mmu_helper.c | 25 +++++++++++++++++-------- target-ppc/translate.c | 29 +++++++++++++++++++---------- 8 files changed, 70 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-) -- 2.7.4