> -----Original Message----- > From: Wood Scott-B07421 > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 10:15 PM > To: Bhushan Bharat-R65777 > Cc: Wood Scott-B07421; Alexander Graf; kvm-ppc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] kvm: powerpc: set cache coherency only for kernel > managed pages > > On 07/22/2013 10:39:16 PM, Bhushan Bharat-R65777 wrote: > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Wood Scott-B07421 > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2013 12:18 AM > > > To: Bhushan Bharat-R65777 > > > Cc: Wood Scott-B07421; Alexander Graf; kvm-ppc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] kvm: powerpc: set cache coherency only > > for kernel > > > managed pages > > > > > > On 07/21/2013 11:39:45 PM, Bhushan Bharat-R65777 wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Wood Scott-B07421 > > > > > Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 11:09 PM > > > > > To: Alexander Graf > > > > > Cc: Bhushan Bharat-R65777; kvm-ppc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > > kvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Bhushan > > > > > Bharat-R65777 > > > > > Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2 v2] kvm: powerpc: set cache coherency > > only > > > > for kernel > > > > > managed pages > > > > > > > > > > On 07/18/2013 12:32:18 PM, Alexander Graf wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 18.07.2013, at 19:17, Scott Wood wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 07/18/2013 08:19:03 AM, Bharat Bhushan wrote: > > > > > > > Likewise, we want to make sure this matches the host entry. > > > > > > Unfortunately, this is a bit of a mess already. 64-bit booke > > > > appears > > > > > > to always set MAS2_M for TLB0 mappings. The initial > > KERNELBASE > > > > > > mapping on boot uses M_IF_SMP, and the settlbcam() that (IIRC) > > > > > > replaces it uses _PAGE_COHERENT. 32-bit always uses > > > > _PAGE_COHERENT, > > > > > > except that initial KERNELBASE mapping. _PAGE_COHERENT > > appears > > > > to be > > > > > > set based on CONFIG_SMP || CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU (the latter > > config > > > > > > clears _PAGE_COHERENT in the non-CPU_FTR_NEED_COHERENT case). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > As for what we actually want to happen, there are cases > > when we > > > > > > want M to be set for non-SMP. One such case is AMP, where > > CPUs > > > > may be > > > > > > sharing memory even if the Linux instance only runs on one CPU > > > > (this > > > > > > is not hypothetical, BTW). It's also possible that we > > encounter a > > > > > > hardware bug that requires MAS2_M, similar to what some of our > > > > > > non-booke chips require. > > > > > > > > > > > > How about we always set M then for RAM? > > > > > > > > > > M is like I in that bad things happen if you mix them. > > > > > > > > I am trying to list the invalid mixing of WIMG: > > > > > > > > 1) I & M > > > > 2) W & I > > > > 3) W & M (Scott mentioned that he observed issues when mixing > > these > > > > two) > > > > 4) is there any other? > > > > > > That's not what I was talking about (and I don't think I mentioned > > W at all, > > > though it is also potentially problematic). > > > > Here is cut paste of your one response: > > "The architecture makes it illegal to mix cacheable and > > cache-inhibited mappings to the same physical page. Mixing W or M > > bits is generally bad as well. I've seen it cause machine checks, > > error interrupts, etc. > > -- not just corrupting the page in question." > > > > So I added not mixing W & M. But at that time I missed to understood > > why mixing M & I for same physical address can be issue :). > > "W or M", not "W and M". I meant that each one, separately, is in a similar > situation as the I bit. > > None of this is about invalid combinations of attributes on a single TLB entry > (though there are architectural restrictions there as well). Ok, I misread again :(. The second part of comment was (looks like you missed so copy pasted below) " When we say all RAM (page_is_ram() is true) will be having "M" bit, then same RAM physical address will not have "M" mixed with any other, right? Similarly, For IO (which is not RAM), we will set "I+G", so "I" will not be mixed with "M". Is not that? " -Bharat > > -Scott -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
