Puranjay Mohan <puranjay@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> The Linux Kernel Memory Model [1][2] requires RMW operations that have a
> return value to be fully ordered.
>
> BPF atomic operations with BPF_FETCH (including BPF_XCHG and
> BPF_CMPXCHG) return a value back so they need to be JITed to fully
> ordered operations. POWERPC currently emits relaxed operations for
> these.
Thanks for catching this.
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
> index 2f39c50ca729..b635e5344e8a 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/net/bpf_jit_comp32.c
> @@ -853,6 +853,15 @@ int bpf_jit_build_body(struct bpf_prog *fp, u32 *image, u32 *fimage, struct code
> /* Get offset into TMP_REG */
> EMIT(PPC_RAW_LI(tmp_reg, off));
> tmp_idx = ctx->idx * 4;
> + /*
> + * Enforce full ordering for operations with BPF_FETCH by emitting a 'sync'
> + * before and after the operation.
> + *
> + * This is a requirement in the Linux Kernel Memory Model.
> + * See __cmpxchg_u64() in asm/cmpxchg.h as an example.
> + */
> + if (imm & BPF_FETCH)
> + EMIT(PPC_RAW_SYNC());
> /* load value from memory into r0 */
> EMIT(PPC_RAW_LWARX(_R0, tmp_reg, dst_reg, 0));
>
> @@ -905,6 +914,8 @@ int bpf_jit_build_body(struct bpf_prog *fp, u32 *image, u32 *fimage, struct code
>
> /* For the BPF_FETCH variant, get old data into src_reg */
> if (imm & BPF_FETCH) {
> + /* Emit 'sync' to enforce full ordering */
> + EMIT(PPC_RAW_SYNC());
> EMIT(PPC_RAW_MR(ret_reg, ax_reg));
> if (!fp->aux->verifier_zext)
> EMIT(PPC_RAW_LI(ret_reg - 1, 0)); /* higher 32-bit */
On 32-bit there are non-SMP systems where those syncs will probably be expensive.
I think just adding an IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP) around the syncs is
probably sufficient. Christophe?
cheers
