Re: [RFC PATCH 1/1] riscv: mm: notify remote harts about mmu cache updates

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Hi Sergey,

On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 9:14 PM Sergey Matyukevich <geomatsi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Prabhakar,
>
> > > > > From: Sergey Matyukevich <sergey.matyukevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > >
> > > > > Current implementation of update_mmu_cache function performs local TLB
> > > > > flush. It does not take into account ASID information. Besides, it does
> > > > > not take into account other harts currently running the same mm context
> > > > > or possible migration of the running context to other harts. Meanwhile
> > > > > TLB flush is not performed for every context switch if ASID support
> > > > > is enabled.
> > > > >
> > > > > Patch [1] proposed to add ASID support to update_mmu_cache to avoid
> > > > > flushing local TLB entirely. This patch takes into account other
> > > > > harts currently running the same mm context as well as possible
> > > > > migration of this context to other harts.
> > > > >
> > > > > For this purpose the approach from flush_icache_mm is reused. Remote
> > > > > harts currently running the same mm context are informed via SBI calls
> > > > > that they need to flush their local TLBs. All the other harts are marked
> > > > > as needing a deferred TLB flush when this mm context runs on them.
> > > > >
> > > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20220821013926.8968-1-tjytimi@xxxxxxx/
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Sergey Matyukevich <sergey.matyukevich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/mmu.h      |  2 ++
> > > > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h  |  2 +-
> > > > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >  arch/riscv/mm/context.c           | 10 ++++++++++
> > > > >  arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c          | 28 +++++++++++-----------------
> > > > >  5 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > <snip>
> > > > [  133.008752] Hardware name: Renesas SMARC EVK based on r9a07g043f01 (DT)
> > > > [  133.015338] Call Trace:
> > > > [  133.017778] [<ffffffff800055cc>] dump_backtrace+0x1c/0x24
> > > > [  133.023174] [<ffffffff80776836>] show_stack+0x2c/0x38
> > > > [  133.028214] [<ffffffff80780244>] dump_stack_lvl+0x3c/0x54
> > > > [  133.033597] [<ffffffff80780270>] dump_stack+0x14/0x1c
> > > > [  133.038633] [<ffffffff80776c00>] panic+0x102/0x29a
> > > > [  133.043409] [<ffffffff800137ba>] do_exit+0x704/0x70a
> > > > [  133.048362] [<ffffffff8001390e>] do_group_exit+0x24/0x70
> > > > [  133.053659] [<ffffffff8001de54>] get_signal+0x68a/0x6dc
> > > > [  133.058874] [<ffffffff8000494e>] do_work_pending+0xd6/0x44e
> > > > [  133.064427] [<ffffffff800036c2>] resume_userspace_slow+0x8/0xa
> > > > [  133.070249] ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Attempted to kill
> > > > init! exitcode=0x0000000b ]---
> > > >
> > > > If I revert this patch [0] bonnie++ works as expected.
> > > >
> > > > Any pointers on what could be the issue here?
> > > >
> > > > [0] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/palmer/linux.git/commit/?h=for-next&id=4bd1d80efb5af640f99157f39b50fb11326ce641
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > > Prabhakar
> > >
> > > Good catch. Thanks for reporting ! Discussion around the issue and
> > > possible ways to fix it can be found in the following email thread:
> > >
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/20221111075902.798571-1-guoren@xxxxxxxxxx/
> > >
> > > Could you please apply the patch from Guo Ren instead of [0] and check
> > > if you have any issues with your test ? Besides, could you please share
> > > your kernel configuration and the actual bonnie++ params from emmc_t_002.sh script ?
> > >
> > Thanks for the pointer, I'll undo my changes and test Guo's patch.
> >
> > I have pasted the script here [0] and attached config.
> >
> > [0] https://paste.debian.net/hidden/a7a769b5/
>
> Thanks for the script and config. Could you please also share the
> following information:
> - how many cores your system has
The Renesas RZ/Five SoC has a single Andes AX45MP core.

> - does your system support ASID
>
With a quick look at [0] It does support ASID, unless there is a way
to disable it.

[0] http://www.andestech.com/wp-content/uploads/AX45MP-1C-Rev.-5.0.0-Datasheet.pdf

Cheers,
Prabhakar



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