Re: [PATCH 3/4] sparc64: convert spinlock_t to raw_spinlock_t in mmu_context_t

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19.02.2014, 07:54, "Allen Pais" <allen.pais@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Kirill,
>
>>  12.02.2014, 16:15, "Allen Pais" <allen.pais@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>  On Wednesday 12 February 2014 05:13 PM, Kirill Tkhai wrote:
>>>>   12.02.2014, 15:29, "Allen Pais" <allen.pais@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027884] I7: <rt_mutex_setprio+0x3c/0x2c0>
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027885] Call Trace:
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027887]  [00000000004967dc] rt_mutex_setprio+0x3c/0x2c0
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027892]  [00000000004afe20] task_blocks_on_rt_mutex+0x180/0x200
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027895]  [0000000000819114] rt_spin_lock_slowlock+0x94/0x300
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027897]  [0000000000817ebc] __schedule+0x39c/0x53c
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027899]  [00000000008185fc] schedule+0x1c/0xc0
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027908]  [000000000048fff4] smpboot_thread_fn+0x154/0x2e0
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027913]  [000000000048753c] kthread+0x7c/0xa0
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027920]  [00000000004060c4] ret_from_syscall+0x1c/0x2c
>>>>>>>>>      [ 1487.027922]  [0000000000000000]           (null)
>>>  I am not convinced that I've covered all tlb/smp code. Guess I'll need to dig more.
>>  ++all above. May we have to add one more crutch... Put preempt_disable() at begining of
>>  __set_pte_at() and enable at end...
>
>  I realized locking in tsb is very tricky. My attempts to try and get hackbench run
> without causing a stall failed. So here's what I tried to fix it, am not sure if it's
> an appropriate fix, I would love to get comments. I have tested this fix for over 24 hours
> with hackbench and dd, the system did not stall :)
>
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/tsb.c b/arch/sparc/mm/tsb.c
> index 9eb10b4..24dcd29 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/mm/tsb.c
> +++ b/arch/sparc/mm/tsb.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>  #include <linux/kernel.h>
>  #include <linux/preempt.h>
>  #include <linux/slab.h>
> +#include <linux/locallock.h>
>  #include <asm/page.h>
>  #include <asm/pgtable.h>
>  #include <asm/mmu_context.h>
> @@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
>  #include <asm/oplib.h>
>
>  extern struct tsb swapper_tsb[KERNEL_TSB_NENTRIES];
> +static DEFINE_LOCAL_IRQ_LOCK(tsb_lock);
>
>  static inline unsigned long tsb_hash(unsigned long vaddr, unsigned long hash_sh
>  {
> @@ -71,9 +73,9 @@ static void __flush_tsb_one(struct tlb_batch *tb, unsigned lon
>  void flush_tsb_user(struct tlb_batch *tb)
>  {
>         struct mm_struct *mm = tb->mm;
> -       unsigned long nentries, base, flags;
> +       unsigned long nentries, base;
>
> -       raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&mm->context.lock, flags);
> +       local_lock(tsb_lock);
>
>         base = (unsigned long) mm->context.tsb_block[MM_TSB_BASE].tsb;
>         nentries = mm->context.tsb_block[MM_TSB_BASE].tsb_nentries;
> @@ -90,7 +92,7 @@ void flush_tsb_user(struct tlb_batch *tb)
>                 __flush_tsb_one(tb, HPAGE_SHIFT, base, nentries);
>         }
>  #endif
> -       raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mm->context.lock, flags);
> +       local_unlock(tsb_lock);

It seems to be not good for me. Tsb setup is in tsb_grow() and it must
be synchronized with flushing. Flushing is also being made in flush_tsb_user_page()..

Which last stack stack has you received with tb->active, permanently set to zero?

>  }
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Allen
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