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

Hugh Dickins hughd at google.com
Sun May 14 11:20:16 PDT 2023


On Sat, 13 May 2023, Helge Deller wrote:

> 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.

Urgh! Indeed, thanks a lot Helge: I'll fold that in.

Hugh



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