Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] arm64: tlbflush: avoid writing RES0 bits | From | Philip Elcan <> | Date | Mon, 26 Mar 2018 20:51:45 -0400 |
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On 3/26/2018 6:02 AM, Mark Rutland wrote: > On Wed, Mar 21, 2018 at 05:02:52PM -0400, Philip Elcan wrote: >> Bits [47:44] of the TLBI register operand are RES0 for instructions that >> require a VA, per the ARM ARM spec, so TLBI operations should avoid writing >> non-zero values to these bits. >> >> Signed-off-by: Philip Elcan <pelcan@codeaurora.org> >> --- >> arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 16 ++++++++++------ >> 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) >> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h >> index 9e82dd7..dbd22a9 100644 >> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h >> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h >> @@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ >> __tlbi(op, (arg) | USER_ASID_FLAG); \ >> } while (0) >> >> +/* This macro masks out RES0 bits in the TLBI operand */ >> +#define __TLBI_VADDR(addr) (addr & ~GENMASK_ULL(47, 44)) > > If we're going to mask the address bits, it would be simpler to keep the > valid bits than to clear the invalid bits. i.e. > > #define __TLBI_VADDR(addr) (addr & GENMASK_ULL(43, 0)) > > Maybe we want a helper that does all of the addr / asid shifting and > masking, so we do that in one place rather than spreading it across all > helpers, e.g. > > #define __tlbi_addr(addr, asid) \ > ({ \ > unsigned long __ta = (addr) >> 12; \ > __ta &= GENMASK_ULL(43, 0); \ > __ta |= (asid) << 48; \ > __ta; \ > }) > > Thanks, > Mark. >
That makes sense and addresses Robin's comment as well. I'll send out a v2 with your suggestion.
Thanks, Philip
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