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SubjectRe: [PATCH] Insert SFENCE.VMA in function set_pte_at for RISCV
On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 5:05 AM Alex Ghiti <alex@ghiti.fr> wrote:
>
> Le 3/16/21 à 4:40 AM, Anup Patel a écrit :
> > On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 1:59 PM Andrew Waterman
> > <waterman@eecs.berkeley.edu> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:32 AM Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 12:27 PM Jiuyang Liu <liu@jiuyang.me> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> As per my understanding, we don't need to explicitly invalidate local TLB
> >>>>> in set_pte() or set_pet_at() because generic Linux page table management
> >>>>> (<linux>/mm/*) will call the appropriate flush_tlb_xyz() function after page
> >>>>> table updates.
> >>>>
> >>>> I witnessed this bug in our micro-architecture: set_pte instruction is
> >>>> still in the store buffer, no functions are inserting SFENCE.VMA in
> >>>> the stack below, so TLB cannot witness this modification.
> >>>> Here is my call stack:
> >>>> set_pte
> >>>> set_pte_at
> >>>> map_vm_area
> >>>> __vmalloc_area_node
> >>>> __vmalloc_node_range
> >>>> __vmalloc_node
> >>>> __vmalloc_node_flags
> >>>> vzalloc
> >>>> n_tty_open
> >>>>
>
> I don't find this call stack, what I find is (the other way around):
>
> n_tty_open
> vzalloc
> __vmalloc_node
> __vmalloc_node_range
> __vmalloc_area_node
> map_kernel_range
> -> map_kernel_range_noflush
> flush_cache_vmap
>
> Which leads to the fact that we don't have flush_cache_vmap callback
> implemented: shouldn't we add the sfence.vma here ? Powerpc does
> something similar with "ptesync" (see below) instruction that seems to
> do the same as sfence.vma.

I was thinking the same thing, but I hadn't yet wrapped my head around
the fact that most architectures don't have something similar. I'm OK
with following PPC's lead if it appears to be a correct bug fix :)

>
>
> ptesync: "The ptesync instruction after the Store instruction ensures
> that all searches of the Page Table that are performed after the ptesync
> instruction completes will use the value stored"
>
> >>>> I think this is an architecture specific code, so <linux>/mm/* should
> >>>> not be modified.
> >>>> And spec requires SFENCE.VMA to be inserted on each modification to
> >>>> TLB. So I added code here.
> >>>
> >>> The generic linux/mm/* already calls the appropriate tlb_flush_xyz()
> >>> function defined in arch/riscv/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> >>>
> >>> Better to have a write-barrier in set_pte().
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> Also, just local TLB flush is generally not sufficient because
> >>>>> a lot of page tables will be used across on multiple HARTs.
> >>>>
> >>>> Yes, this is the biggest issue, in RISC-V Volume 2, Privileged Spec v.
> >>>> 20190608 page 67 gave a solution:
> >>>
> >>> This is not an issue with RISC-V privilege spec rather it is more about
> >>> placing RISC-V fences at right locations.
> >>>
> >>>> Consequently, other harts must be notified separately when the
> >>>> memory-management data structures have been modified. One approach is
> >>>> to use
> >>>> 1) a local data fence to ensure local writes are visible globally,
> >>>> then 2) an interprocessor interrupt to the other thread,
> >>>> then 3) a local SFENCE.VMA in the interrupt handler of the remote thread,
> >>>> and finally 4) signal back to originating thread that operation is
> >>>> complete. This is, of course, the RISC-V analog to a TLB shootdown.
> >>>
> >>> I would suggest trying approach#1.
> >>>
> >>> You can include "asm/barrier.h" here and use wmb() or __smp_wmb()
> >>> in-place of local TLB flush.
> >>
> >> wmb() doesn't suffice to order older stores before younger page-table
> >> walks, so that might hide the problem without actually fixing it.
> >
> > If we assume page-table walks as reads then mb() might be more
> > suitable in this case ??
> >
> > ARM64 also has an explicit barrier in set_pte() implementation. They are
> > doing "dsb(ishst); isb()" which is an inner-shareable store barrier followed
> > by an instruction barrier.
> >
> >>
> >> Based upon Jiuyang's description, it does sound plausible that we are
> >> missing an SFENCE.VMA (or TLB shootdown) somewhere. But I don't
> >> understand the situation well enough to know where that might be, or
> >> what the best fix is.
> >
> > Yes, I agree but set_pte() doesn't seem to be the right place for TLB
> > shootdown based on set_pte() implementations of other architectures.
>
> I agree as "flushing" the TLB after every set_pte() would be very
> costly, it's better to do it once at the end of the all the updates:
> like in flush_cache_vmap :)
>
> Alex
>
> >
> > Regards,
> > Anup
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>>
> >>>> In general, this patch didn't handle the G bit in PTE, kernel trap it
> >>>> to sbi_remote_sfence_vma. do you think I should use flush_tlb_all?
> >>>>
> >>>> Jiuyang
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
> >>>> void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> >>>> pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval)
> >>>> {
> >>>> unsigned long ext = 0;
> >>>>
> >>>> if (addr < TASK_SIZE && pte_valid_user(pteval)) {
> >>>> if (!pte_special(pteval))
> >>>> __sync_icache_dcache(pteval);
> >>>> ext |= PTE_EXT_NG;
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> set_pte_ext(ptep, pteval, ext);
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>> arch/mips/include/asm/pgtable.h
> >>>> static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
> >>>> pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval)
> >>>> {
> >>>>
> >>>> if (!pte_present(pteval))
> >>>> goto cache_sync_done;
> >>>>
> >>>> if (pte_present(*ptep) && (pte_pfn(*ptep) == pte_pfn(pteval)))
> >>>> goto cache_sync_done;
> >>>>
> >>>> __update_cache(addr, pteval);
> >>>> cache_sync_done:
> >>>> set_pte(ptep, pteval);
> >>>> }
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Also, just local TLB flush is generally not sufficient because
> >>>>> a lot of page tables will be used accross on multiple HARTs.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 5:05 AM Anup Patel <anup@brainfault.org> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>> +Alex
> >>>>>
> >>>>> On Tue, Mar 16, 2021 at 9:20 AM Jiuyang Liu <liu@jiuyang.me> wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> This patch inserts SFENCE.VMA after modifying PTE based on RISC-V
> >>>>>> specification.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h:
> >>>>>> 1. implement pte_user, pte_global and pte_leaf to check correspond
> >>>>>> attribute of a pte_t.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Adding pte_user(), pte_global(), and pte_leaf() is fine.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> 2. insert SFENCE.VMA in set_pte_at based on RISC-V Volume 2, Privileged
> >>>>>> Spec v. 20190608 page 66 and 67:
> >>>>>> If software modifies a non-leaf PTE, it should execute SFENCE.VMA with
> >>>>>> rs1=x0. If any PTE along the traversal path had its G bit set, rs2 must
> >>>>>> be x0; otherwise, rs2 should be set to the ASID for which the
> >>>>>> translation is being modified.
> >>>>>> If software modifies a leaf PTE, it should execute SFENCE.VMA with rs1
> >>>>>> set to a virtual address within the page. If any PTE along the traversal
> >>>>>> path had its G bit set, rs2 must be x0; otherwise, rs2 should be set to
> >>>>>> the ASID for which the translation is being modified.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> arch/riscv/include/asm/tlbflush.h:
> >>>>>> 1. implement get_current_asid to get current program asid.
> >>>>>> 2. implement local_flush_tlb_asid to flush tlb with asid.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> As per my understanding, we don't need to explicitly invalidate local TLB
> >>>>> in set_pte() or set_pet_at() because generic Linux page table management
> >>>>> (<linux>/mm/*) will call the appropriate flush_tlb_xyz() function after page
> >>>>> table updates. Also, just local TLB flush is generally not sufficient because
> >>>>> a lot of page tables will be used accross on multiple HARTs.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Jiuyang Liu <liu@jiuyang.me>
> >>>>>> ---
> >>>>>> arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>>>>> arch/riscv/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 12 ++++++++++++
> >>>>>> 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> >>>>>> index ebf817c1bdf4..5a47c60372c1 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> >>>>>> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> >>>>>> @@ -222,6 +222,16 @@ static inline int pte_write(pte_t pte)
> >>>>>> return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_WRITE;
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> +static inline int pte_user(pte_t pte)
> >>>>>> +{
> >>>>>> + return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_USER;
> >>>>>> +}
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> +static inline int pte_global(pte_t pte)
> >>>>>> +{
> >>>>>> + return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_GLOBAL;
> >>>>>> +}
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> static inline int pte_exec(pte_t pte)
> >>>>>> {
> >>>>>> return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_EXEC;
> >>>>>> @@ -248,6 +258,11 @@ static inline int pte_special(pte_t pte)
> >>>>>> return pte_val(pte) & _PAGE_SPECIAL;
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> +static inline int pte_leaf(pte_t pte)
> >>>>>> +{
> >>>>>> + return pte_val(pte) & (_PAGE_READ | _PAGE_WRITE | _PAGE_EXEC);
> >>>>>> +}
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> /* static inline pte_t pte_rdprotect(pte_t pte) */
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> static inline pte_t pte_wrprotect(pte_t pte)
> >>>>>> @@ -358,6 +373,18 @@ static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm,
> >>>>>> flush_icache_pte(pteval);
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> set_pte(ptep, pteval);
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + if (pte_present(pteval)) {
> >>>>>> + if (pte_leaf(pteval)) {
> >>>>>> + local_flush_tlb_page(addr);
> >>>>>> + } else {
> >>>>>> + if (pte_global(pteval))
> >>>>>> + local_flush_tlb_all();
> >>>>>> + else
> >>>>>> + local_flush_tlb_asid();
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> + }
> >>>>>> + }
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> static inline void pte_clear(struct mm_struct *mm,
> >>>>>> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> >>>>>> index 394cfbccdcd9..1f9b62b3670b 100644
> >>>>>> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> >>>>>> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> >>>>>> @@ -21,6 +21,18 @@ static inline void local_flush_tlb_page(unsigned long addr)
> >>>>>> {
> >>>>>> __asm__ __volatile__ ("sfence.vma %0" : : "r" (addr) : "memory");
> >>>>>> }
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> +static inline unsigned long get_current_asid(void)
> >>>>>> +{
> >>>>>> + return (csr_read(CSR_SATP) >> SATP_ASID_SHIFT) & SATP_ASID_MASK;
> >>>>>> +}
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> +static inline void local_flush_tlb_asid(void)
> >>>>>> +{
> >>>>>> + unsigned long asid = get_current_asid();
> >>>>>> + __asm__ __volatile__ ("sfence.vma x0, %0" : : "r" (asid) : "memory");
> >>>>>> +}
> >>>>>> +
> >>>>>> #else /* CONFIG_MMU */
> >>>>>> #define local_flush_tlb_all() do { } while (0)
> >>>>>> #define local_flush_tlb_page(addr) do { } while (0)
> >>>>>> --
> >>>>>> 2.30.2
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> _______________________________________________
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> >>>>>
> >>>>> Regards,
> >>>>> Anup
> >>>
> >>> Regards,
> >>> Anup
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> >

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