Re: [PATCH v3 4/4] riscv: Improve flush_tlb_kernel_range()

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On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 2:24 PM Lad, Prabhakar
<prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Alexandre,
>
> On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 1:18 PM Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 2:09 PM Lad, Prabhakar
> > <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Alexandre,
> > >
> > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 1:01 PM Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi Prabhakar,
> > > >
> > > > On Wed, Sep 6, 2023 at 1:49 PM Lad, Prabhakar
> > > > <prabhakar.csengg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hi Alexandre,
> > > > >
> > > > > On Tue, Aug 1, 2023 at 9:58 AM Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This function used to simply flush the whole tlb of all harts, be more
> > > > > > subtile and try to only flush the range.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > The problem is that we can only use PAGE_SIZE as stride since we don't know
> > > > > > the size of the underlying mapping and then this function will be improved
> > > > > > only if the size of the region to flush is < threshold * PAGE_SIZE.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >  arch/riscv/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 11 +++++-----
> > > > > >  arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c          | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++--------
> > > > > >  2 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > After applying this patch, I am seeing module load issues on RZ/Five
> > > > > (complete log [0]). I am testing defconfig + [1] (rz/five related
> > > > > configs).
> > > > >
> > > > > Any pointers on what could be an issue here?
> > > >
> > > > Can you give me the exact version of the kernel you use? The trap
> > > > addresses are vmalloc addresses, and a fix for those landed very late
> > > > in the release cycle.
> > > >
> > > I am using next-20230906, Ive pushed a branch [1] for you to have a look.
> > >
> > > [0] https://github.com/prabhakarlad/linux/tree/rzfive-debug
> >
> > Great, thanks, I had to get rid of this possibility :)
> >
> > As-is, I have no idea, can you try to "bisect" the problem? I mean
> > which patch in the series leads to those traps?
> >
> Oops sorry for not mentioning earlier, this is the offending patch
> which leads to the issues seen on rz/five.

Ok, so at least I found the following problem, but I don't see how
that could fix your issue: can you give a try anyway? I keep looking
into this, thanks

diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c b/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c
index df2a0838c3a1..b5692bc6c76a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/tlbflush.c
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ void flush_tlb_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
unsigned long start,

 void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
 {
-       __flush_tlb_range(NULL, start, end, PAGE_SIZE);
+       __flush_tlb_range(NULL, start, end - start, PAGE_SIZE);
 }

 #ifdef CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE

>
> Cheers,
> Prabhakar





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