Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Jul 2022 01:02:37 +0800 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v4] arm64: mm: fix linear mem mapping access performance degradation | From | "guanghui.fgh" <> |
| |
Thanks.
在 2022/7/6 23:40, Catalin Marinas 写道: > On Wed, Jul 06, 2022 at 11:18:22PM +0800, guanghui.fgh wrote: >> 在 2022/7/6 21:54, Mike Rapoport 写道: >>> One thing I can think of is to only remap the crash kernel memory if it is >>> a part of an allocation that exactly fits into one ore more PUDs. >>> >>> Say, in reserve_crashkernel() we try the memblock_phys_alloc() with >>> PUD_SIZE as alignment and size rounded up to PUD_SIZE. If this allocation >>> succeeds, we remap the entire area that now contains only memory allocated >>> in reserve_crashkernel() and free the extra memory after remapping is done. >>> If the large allocation fails, we fall back to the original size and >>> alignment and don't allow unmapping crash kernel memory in >>> arch_kexec_protect_crashkres(). >> >> There is a new method. >> I think we should use the patch v3(similar but need add some changes) >> >> 1.We can walk crashkernle block/section pagetable, >> [[[(keep the origin block/section mapping valid]]] >> rebuild the pte level page mapping for the crashkernel mem >> rebuild left & right margin mem(which is in same block/section mapping but >> out of crashkernel mem) with block/section mapping >> >> 2.'replace' the origin block/section mapping by new builded mapping >> iterately >> >> With this method, all the mem mapping keep valid all the time. > > As I already commented on one of your previous patches, this is not > allowed by the architecture. If FEAT_BBM is implemented (ARMv8.4 I > think), the worst that can happen is a TLB conflict abort and the > handler should invalidate the TLBs and restart the faulting instruction, > assuming the handler won't try to access the same conflicting virtual > address. Prior to FEAT_BBM, that's not possible as the architecture does > not describe a precise behaviour of conflicting TLB entries (you might > as well get the TLB output of multiple entries being or'ed together). > I think there is another way to handle it.
1.We can rebuild the crashkernel mem mapping firstly, but [[[don't change the origin linear mapping]]].
2.Afterward, we can reuse the idmap_pg_dir and switch to it. We use idmap_pg_dir to change the linear mapping which complyes with the TLB BBM.
| |