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SubjectRe: [PATCH 6/6] mm: remove flush_kernel_dcache_page
On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 08:09:28AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> flush_kernel_dcache_page is a rather confusing interface that implements
> a subset of flush_dcache_page by not being able to properly handle page
> cache mapped pages.
>
> The only callers left are in the exec code as all other previous callers
> were incorrect as they could have dealt with page cache pages. Replace
> the calls to flush_kernel_dcache_page with calls to
> flush_kernel_dcache_page, which for all architectures does either
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
flush_dcache_page


Other than that, for the series:

Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>

> exactly the same thing, can contains one or more of the following:
>
> 1) an optimization to defer the cache flush for page cache pages not
> mapped into userspace
> 2) additional flushing for mapped page cache pages if cache aliases
> are possible
>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> ---
> Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst | 86 ++++++++-----------
> .../translations/zh_CN/core-api/cachetlb.rst | 9 --
> arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 4 +-
> arch/arm/mm/flush.c | 33 -------
> arch/arm/mm/nommu.c | 6 --
> arch/csky/abiv1/cacheflush.c | 11 ---
> arch/csky/abiv1/inc/abi/cacheflush.h | 4 +-
> arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 8 +-
> arch/nds32/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 3 +-
> arch/nds32/mm/cacheflush.c | 9 --
> arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 8 +-
> arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c | 3 +-
> arch/sh/include/asm/cacheflush.h | 8 +-
> block/blk-map.c | 2 +-
> fs/exec.c | 6 +-
> include/linux/highmem.h | 5 +-
> tools/testing/scatterlist/linux/mm.h | 1 -
> 17 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 155 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst b/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst
> index fe4290e26729..8aed9103e48a 100644
> --- a/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/core-api/cachetlb.rst
> @@ -271,10 +271,15 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
>
> ``void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)``
>
> - Any time the kernel writes to a page cache page, _OR_
> - the kernel is about to read from a page cache page and
> - user space shared/writable mappings of this page potentially
> - exist, this routine is called.
> + This routines must be called when:
> +
> + a) the kernel did write to a page that is in the page cache page
> + and / or in high memory
> + b) the kernel is about to read from a page cache page and user space
> + shared/writable mappings of this page potentially exist. Note
> + that {get,pin}_user_pages{_fast} already call flush_dcache_page
> + on any page found in the user address space and thus driver
> + code rarely needs to take this into account.
>
> .. note::
>
> @@ -284,38 +289,34 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
> handling vfs symlinks in the page cache need not call
> this interface at all.
>
> - The phrase "kernel writes to a page cache page" means,
> - specifically, that the kernel executes store instructions
> - that dirty data in that page at the page->virtual mapping
> - of that page. It is important to flush here to handle
> - D-cache aliasing, to make sure these kernel stores are
> - visible to user space mappings of that page.
> -
> - The corollary case is just as important, if there are users
> - which have shared+writable mappings of this file, we must make
> - sure that kernel reads of these pages will see the most recent
> - stores done by the user.
> -
> - If D-cache aliasing is not an issue, this routine may
> - simply be defined as a nop on that architecture.
> -
> - There is a bit set aside in page->flags (PG_arch_1) as
> - "architecture private". The kernel guarantees that,
> - for pagecache pages, it will clear this bit when such
> - a page first enters the pagecache.
> -
> - This allows these interfaces to be implemented much more
> - efficiently. It allows one to "defer" (perhaps indefinitely)
> - the actual flush if there are currently no user processes
> - mapping this page. See sparc64's flush_dcache_page and
> - update_mmu_cache implementations for an example of how to go
> - about doing this.
> -
> - The idea is, first at flush_dcache_page() time, if
> - page->mapping->i_mmap is an empty tree, just mark the architecture
> - private page flag bit. Later, in update_mmu_cache(), a check is
> - made of this flag bit, and if set the flush is done and the flag
> - bit is cleared.
> + The phrase "kernel writes to a page cache page" means, specifically,
> + that the kernel executes store instructions that dirty data in that
> + page at the page->virtual mapping of that page. It is important to
> + flush here to handle D-cache aliasing, to make sure these kernel stores
> + are visible to user space mappings of that page.
> +
> + The corollary case is just as important, if there are users which have
> + shared+writable mappings of this file, we must make sure that kernel
> + reads of these pages will see the most recent stores done by the user.
> +
> + If D-cache aliasing is not an issue, this routine may simply be defined
> + as a nop on that architecture.
> +
> + There is a bit set aside in page->flags (PG_arch_1) as "architecture
> + private". The kernel guarantees that, for pagecache pages, it will
> + clear this bit when such a page first enters the pagecache.
> +
> + This allows these interfaces to be implemented much more efficiently.
> + It allows one to "defer" (perhaps indefinitely) the actual flush if
> + there are currently no user processes mapping this page. See sparc64's
> + flush_dcache_page and update_mmu_cache implementations for an example
> + of how to go about doing this.
> +
> + The idea is, first at flush_dcache_page() time, if page_file_mapping()
> + returns a mapping, and mapping_mapped on that mapping returns %false,
> + just mark the architecture private page flag bit. Later, in
> + update_mmu_cache(), a check is made of this flag bit, and if set the
> + flush is done and the flag bit is cleared.
>
> .. important::
>
> @@ -351,19 +352,6 @@ maps this page at its virtual address.
> architectures). For incoherent architectures, it should flush
> the cache of the page at vmaddr.
>
> - ``void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)``
> -
> - When the kernel needs to modify a user page is has obtained
> - with kmap, it calls this function after all modifications are
> - complete (but before kunmapping it) to bring the underlying
> - page up to date. It is assumed here that the user has no
> - incoherent cached copies (i.e. the original page was obtained
> - from a mechanism like get_user_pages()). The default
> - implementation is a nop and should remain so on all coherent
> - architectures. On incoherent architectures, this should flush
> - the kernel cache for page (using page_address(page)).
> -
> -
> ``void flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)``
>
> When the kernel stores into addresses that it will execute
> diff --git a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/cachetlb.rst b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/cachetlb.rst
> index 8376485a534d..55827b8a7c53 100644
> --- a/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/cachetlb.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/translations/zh_CN/core-api/cachetlb.rst
> @@ -298,15 +298,6 @@ HyperSparc cpu就是这样一个具有这种属性的cpu。
> 用。默认的实现是nop(对于所有相干的架构应该保持这样)。对于不一致性
> 的架构,它应该刷新vmaddr处的页面缓存。
>
> - ``void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)``
> -
> - 当内核需要修改一个用kmap获得的用户页时,它会在所有修改完成后(但在
> - kunmapping之前)调用这个函数,以使底层页面达到最新状态。这里假定用
> - 户没有不一致性的缓存副本(即原始页面是从类似get_user_pages()的机制
> - 中获得的)。默认的实现是一个nop,在所有相干的架构上都应该如此。在不
> - 一致性的架构上,这应该刷新内核缓存中的页面(使用page_address(page))。
> -
> -
> ``void flush_icache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)``
>
> 当内核存储到它将执行的地址中时(例如在加载模块时),这个函数被调用。
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> index 2e24e765e6d3..5e56288e343b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> @@ -291,6 +291,7 @@ extern void flush_cache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long user_addr
> #define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
> extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *);
>
> +#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_KERNEL_VMAP_RANGE 1
> static inline void flush_kernel_vmap_range(void *addr, int size)
> {
> if ((cache_is_vivt() || cache_is_vipt_aliasing()))
> @@ -312,9 +313,6 @@ static inline void flush_anon_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> __flush_anon_page(vma, page, vmaddr);
> }
>
> -#define ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_KERNEL_DCACHE_PAGE
> -extern void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *);
> -
> #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping) xa_lock_irq(&mapping->i_pages)
> #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping) xa_unlock_irq(&mapping->i_pages)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
> index 6d89db7895d1..7ff9feea13a6 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/flush.c
> @@ -345,39 +345,6 @@ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_dcache_page);
>
> -/*
> - * Ensure cache coherency for the kernel mapping of this page. We can
> - * assume that the page is pinned via kmap.
> - *
> - * If the page only exists in the page cache and there are no user
> - * space mappings, this is a no-op since the page was already marked
> - * dirty at creation. Otherwise, we need to flush the dirty kernel
> - * cache lines directly.
> - */
> -void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> -{
> - if (cache_is_vivt() || cache_is_vipt_aliasing()) {
> - struct address_space *mapping;
> -
> - mapping = page_mapping_file(page);
> -
> - if (!mapping || mapping_mapped(mapping)) {
> - void *addr;
> -
> - addr = page_address(page);
> - /*
> - * kmap_atomic() doesn't set the page virtual
> - * address for highmem pages, and
> - * kunmap_atomic() takes care of cache
> - * flushing already.
> - */
> - if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HIGHMEM) || addr)
> - __cpuc_flush_dcache_area(addr, PAGE_SIZE);
> - }
> - }
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_kernel_dcache_page);
> -
> /*
> * Flush an anonymous page so that users of get_user_pages()
> * can safely access the data. The expected sequence is:
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c b/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c
> index 8b3d7191e2b8..2658f52903da 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/nommu.c
> @@ -166,12 +166,6 @@ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_dcache_page);
>
> -void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> -{
> - __cpuc_flush_dcache_area(page_address(page), PAGE_SIZE);
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_kernel_dcache_page);
> -
> void copy_to_user_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
> unsigned long uaddr, void *dst, const void *src,
> unsigned long len)
> diff --git a/arch/csky/abiv1/cacheflush.c b/arch/csky/abiv1/cacheflush.c
> index 07ff17ea33de..fb91b069dc69 100644
> --- a/arch/csky/abiv1/cacheflush.c
> +++ b/arch/csky/abiv1/cacheflush.c
> @@ -56,17 +56,6 @@ void update_mmu_cache(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
> }
> }
>
> -void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> -{
> - struct address_space *mapping;
> -
> - mapping = page_mapping_file(page);
> -
> - if (!mapping || mapping_mapped(mapping))
> - dcache_wbinv_all();
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_kernel_dcache_page);
> -
> void flush_cache_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
> unsigned long end)
> {
> diff --git a/arch/csky/abiv1/inc/abi/cacheflush.h b/arch/csky/abiv1/inc/abi/cacheflush.h
> index 6cab7afae962..ed62e2066ba7 100644
> --- a/arch/csky/abiv1/inc/abi/cacheflush.h
> +++ b/arch/csky/abiv1/inc/abi/cacheflush.h
> @@ -14,12 +14,10 @@ extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *);
> #define flush_cache_page(vma, page, pfn) cache_wbinv_all()
> #define flush_cache_dup_mm(mm) cache_wbinv_all()
>
> -#define ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_KERNEL_DCACHE_PAGE
> -extern void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *);
> -
> #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping) xa_lock_irq(&mapping->i_pages)
> #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping) xa_unlock_irq(&mapping->i_pages)
>
> +#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_KERNEL_VMAP_RANGE 1
> static inline void flush_kernel_vmap_range(void *addr, int size)
> {
> dcache_wbinv_all();
> diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> index d687b40b9fbb..b3dc9c589442 100644
> --- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> +++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> @@ -125,13 +125,7 @@ static inline void kunmap_noncoherent(void)
> kunmap_coherent();
> }
>
> -#define ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_KERNEL_DCACHE_PAGE
> -static inline void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> -{
> - BUG_ON(cpu_has_dc_aliases && PageHighMem(page));
> - flush_dcache_page(page);
> -}
> -
> +#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_KERNEL_VMAP_RANGE 1
> /*
> * For now flush_kernel_vmap_range and invalidate_kernel_vmap_range both do a
> * cache writeback and invalidate operation.
> diff --git a/arch/nds32/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/nds32/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> index 7d6824f7c0e8..c2a222ebfa2a 100644
> --- a/arch/nds32/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> +++ b/arch/nds32/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> @@ -36,8 +36,7 @@ void copy_from_user_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
> void flush_anon_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> struct page *page, unsigned long vaddr);
>
> -#define ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_KERNEL_DCACHE_PAGE
> -void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page);
> +#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_KERNEL_VMAP_RANGE 1
> void flush_kernel_vmap_range(void *addr, int size);
> void invalidate_kernel_vmap_range(void *addr, int size);
> #define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping) xa_lock_irq(&(mapping)->i_pages)
> diff --git a/arch/nds32/mm/cacheflush.c b/arch/nds32/mm/cacheflush.c
> index ad5344ef5d33..07aac65d1cab 100644
> --- a/arch/nds32/mm/cacheflush.c
> +++ b/arch/nds32/mm/cacheflush.c
> @@ -318,15 +318,6 @@ void flush_anon_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> local_irq_restore(flags);
> }
>
> -void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> -{
> - unsigned long flags;
> - local_irq_save(flags);
> - cpu_dcache_wbinval_page((unsigned long)page_address(page));
> - local_irq_restore(flags);
> -}
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_kernel_dcache_page);
> -
> void flush_kernel_vmap_range(void *addr, int size)
> {
> unsigned long flags;
> diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> index 99663fc1f997..eef0096db5f8 100644
> --- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> +++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> @@ -36,16 +36,12 @@ void flush_cache_all_local(void);
> void flush_cache_all(void);
> void flush_cache_mm(struct mm_struct *mm);
>
> -#define ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_KERNEL_DCACHE_PAGE
> void flush_kernel_dcache_page_addr(void *addr);
> -static inline void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> -{
> - flush_kernel_dcache_page_addr(page_address(page));
> -}
>
> #define flush_kernel_dcache_range(start,size) \
> flush_kernel_dcache_range_asm((start), (start)+(size));
>
> +#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_KERNEL_VMAP_RANGE 1
> void flush_kernel_vmap_range(void *vaddr, int size);
> void invalidate_kernel_vmap_range(void *vaddr, int size);
>
> @@ -59,7 +55,7 @@ extern void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page);
> #define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping) xa_unlock_irq(&mapping->i_pages)
>
> #define flush_icache_page(vma,page) do { \
> - flush_kernel_dcache_page(page); \
> + flush_kernel_dcache_page_addr(page_address(page)); \
> flush_kernel_icache_page(page_address(page)); \
> } while (0)
>
> diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c
> index 86a1a63563fd..39e02227e231 100644
> --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c
> +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c
> @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> return;
> }
>
> - flush_kernel_dcache_page(page);
> + flush_kernel_dcache_page_addr(page_address(page));
>
> if (!mapping)
> return;
> @@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_dcache_page);
>
> /* Defined in arch/parisc/kernel/pacache.S */
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_kernel_dcache_range_asm);
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_kernel_dcache_page_asm);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_data_cache_local);
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_kernel_icache_range_asm);
>
> diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> index 4486a865ff62..372afa82fee6 100644
> --- a/arch/sh/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> +++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/cacheflush.h
> @@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ static inline void flush_anon_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> if (boot_cpu_data.dcache.n_aliases && PageAnon(page))
> __flush_anon_page(page, vmaddr);
> }
> +
> +#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_KERNEL_VMAP_RANGE 1
> static inline void flush_kernel_vmap_range(void *addr, int size)
> {
> __flush_wback_region(addr, size);
> @@ -72,12 +74,6 @@ static inline void invalidate_kernel_vmap_range(void *addr, int size)
> __flush_invalidate_region(addr, size);
> }
>
> -#define ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_KERNEL_DCACHE_PAGE
> -static inline void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> -{
> - flush_dcache_page(page);
> -}
> -
> extern void copy_to_user_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
> struct page *page, unsigned long vaddr, void *dst, const void *src,
> unsigned long len);
> diff --git a/block/blk-map.c b/block/blk-map.c
> index 3743158ddaeb..4639bc6b5c62 100644
> --- a/block/blk-map.c
> +++ b/block/blk-map.c
> @@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ static int bio_map_user_iov(struct request *rq, struct iov_iter *iter,
>
> static void bio_invalidate_vmalloc_pages(struct bio *bio)
> {
> -#ifdef ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_KERNEL_DCACHE_PAGE
> +#ifdef ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_KERNEL_VMAP_RANGE
> if (bio->bi_private && !op_is_write(bio_op(bio))) {
> unsigned long i, len = 0;
>
> diff --git a/fs/exec.c b/fs/exec.c
> index 38f63451b928..41a888d4edde 100644
> --- a/fs/exec.c
> +++ b/fs/exec.c
> @@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ static int copy_strings(int argc, struct user_arg_ptr argv,
> }
>
> if (kmapped_page) {
> - flush_kernel_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
> + flush_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
> kunmap(kmapped_page);
> put_arg_page(kmapped_page);
> }
> @@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ static int copy_strings(int argc, struct user_arg_ptr argv,
> ret = 0;
> out:
> if (kmapped_page) {
> - flush_kernel_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
> + flush_dcache_page(kmapped_page);
> kunmap(kmapped_page);
> put_arg_page(kmapped_page);
> }
> @@ -634,7 +634,7 @@ int copy_string_kernel(const char *arg, struct linux_binprm *bprm)
> kaddr = kmap_atomic(page);
> flush_arg_page(bprm, pos & PAGE_MASK, page);
> memcpy(kaddr + offset_in_page(pos), arg, bytes_to_copy);
> - flush_kernel_dcache_page(page);
> + flush_dcache_page(page);
> kunmap_atomic(kaddr);
> put_arg_page(page);
> }
> diff --git a/include/linux/highmem.h b/include/linux/highmem.h
> index 8c6e8e996c87..e95551bf99e9 100644
> --- a/include/linux/highmem.h
> +++ b/include/linux/highmem.h
> @@ -130,10 +130,7 @@ static inline void flush_anon_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page
> }
> #endif
>
> -#ifndef ARCH_HAS_FLUSH_KERNEL_DCACHE_PAGE
> -static inline void flush_kernel_dcache_page(struct page *page)
> -{
> -}
> +#ifndef ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_KERNEL_VMAP_RANGE
> static inline void flush_kernel_vmap_range(void *vaddr, int size)
> {
> }
> diff --git a/tools/testing/scatterlist/linux/mm.h b/tools/testing/scatterlist/linux/mm.h
> index f9a12005fcea..16ec895bbe5f 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/scatterlist/linux/mm.h
> +++ b/tools/testing/scatterlist/linux/mm.h
> @@ -127,7 +127,6 @@ kmalloc_array(unsigned int n, unsigned int size, unsigned int flags)
> #define kmemleak_free(a)
>
> #define PageSlab(p) (0)
> -#define flush_kernel_dcache_page(p)
>
> #define MAX_ERRNO 4095
>
> --
> 2.30.2
>
>

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