On Wed 13-11-19 17:55:30, Shile Zhang wrote: > vmalloc_sync_all() was put in the common path in > __purge_vmap_area_lazy(), for one sync issue only happened on X86_32 > with PTI enabled. It is needless for X86_64, which caused a big regression > in UnixBench Shell8 testing on X86_64. > Similar regression also reported by 0-day kernel test robot in reaim > benchmarking: > https://lists.01.org/hyperkitty/list/lkp@xxxxxxxxxxxx/thread/4D3JPPHBNOSPFK2KEPC6KGKS6J25AIDB/ > > Fix it by adding more conditions. This doesn't really explain a lot. Could you explain why the syncing should be limited only to PAE and !SHARED_KERNEL_PMD? > Fixes: 3f8fd02b1bf1 ("mm/vmalloc: Sync unmappings in __purge_vmap_area_lazy()") > > Signed-off-by: Shile Zhang <shile.zhang@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > mm/vmalloc.c | 8 +++++++- > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/mm/vmalloc.c b/mm/vmalloc.c > index a3c70e275f4e..7b9fc7966da6 100644 > --- a/mm/vmalloc.c > +++ b/mm/vmalloc.c > @@ -1255,11 +1255,17 @@ static bool __purge_vmap_area_lazy(unsigned long start, unsigned long end) > if (unlikely(valist == NULL)) > return false; > > +#if defined(CONFIG_X86_32) && defined(CONFIG_X86_PAE) > /* > * First make sure the mappings are removed from all page-tables > * before they are freed. > + * > + * This is only needed on x86-32 with !SHARED_KERNEL_PMD, which is > + * the case on a PAE kernel with PTI enabled. > */ > - vmalloc_sync_all(); > + if (!SHARED_KERNEL_PMD && boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PTI)) > + vmalloc_sync_all(); > +#endif > > /* > * TODO: to calculate a flush range without looping. > -- > 2.24.0.rc2 > -- Michal Hocko SUSE Labs
