[PATCH 08/23] parisc: add pte_unmap() to balance get_ptep()

Helge Deller deller at gmx.de
Sat May 13 14:35:26 PDT 2023


Hi Hugh,

On 5/10/23 06:52, Hugh Dickins wrote:
> To keep balance in future, remember to pte_unmap() after a successful
> get_ptep().  And (we might as well) pretend that flush_cache_pages()
> really needed a map there, to read the pfn before "unmapping".
>
> Signed-off-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd at google.com>
> ---
>   arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
>   1 file changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c b/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c
> index 1d3b8bc8a623..b0c969b3a300 100644
> --- a/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c
> +++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/cache.c
> @@ -425,10 +425,15 @@ void flush_dcache_page(struct page *page)
>   		offset = (pgoff - mpnt->vm_pgoff) << PAGE_SHIFT;
>   		addr = mpnt->vm_start + offset;
>   		if (parisc_requires_coherency()) {
> +			bool needs_flush = false;
>   			pte_t *ptep;
>
>   			ptep = get_ptep(mpnt->vm_mm, addr);
> -			if (ptep && pte_needs_flush(*ptep))
> +			if (ptep) {
> +				needs_flush = pte_needs_flush(*ptep);
> +				pte_unmap(ptep);
> +			}
> +			if (needs_flush)
>   				flush_user_cache_page(mpnt, addr);
>   		} else {
>   			/*
> @@ -560,14 +565,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(flush_kernel_dcache_page_addr);
>   static void flush_cache_page_if_present(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>   	unsigned long vmaddr, unsigned long pfn)
>   {
> -	pte_t *ptep = get_ptep(vma->vm_mm, vmaddr);
> +	bool needs_flush = false;
> +	pte_t *ptep;
>
>   	/*
>   	 * The pte check is racy and sometimes the flush will trigger
>   	 * a non-access TLB miss. Hopefully, the page has already been
>   	 * flushed.
>   	 */
> -	if (ptep && pte_needs_flush(*ptep))
> +	ptep = get_ptep(vma->vm_mm, vmaddr);
> +	if (ptep) {
> +		needs_flush = pte_needs_flush(*ptep))

^^^^^
One ")" too much and lacks a trailing ";"
Should be:
		needs_flush = pte_needs_flush(*ptep);

With that fixed the kernel compiles and boots sucessfully on parisc.

Helge



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