[PATCH v2] arm64: optimize flush tlb kernel range

Kefeng Wang wangkefeng.wang at huawei.com
Sun Sep 22 23:52:25 PDT 2024



On 2024/9/23 12:53, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9/20/24 16:47, Kefeng Wang wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 2024/9/20 14:10, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9/20/24 09:25, Kefeng Wang wrote:
>>>> Currently the kernel TLBs is flushed page by page if the target
>>>> VA range is less than MAX_DVM_OPS * PAGE_SIZE, otherwise we'll
>>>> brutally issue a TLBI ALL.
>>>>
>>>> But we could optimize it when CPU supports TLB range operations,
>>>> convert to use __flush_tlb_range_op() like other tlb range flush
>>>> to improve performance.
>>>>
>>>> Co-developed-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong at hisilicon.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong at hisilicon.com>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kefeng Wang <wangkefeng.wang at huawei.com>
>>>> ---
>>>> v2:
>>>>    - address Catalin's comments and use __flush_tlb_range_op() directly
>>>>
>>>>    arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
>>>>    1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
>>>> index 95fbc8c05607..42f0ec14fb2c 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
>>>> @@ -492,19 +492,29 @@ static inline void flush_tlb_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>>>      static inline void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
>>>>    {
>>>> -    unsigned long addr;
>>>> +    const unsigned long stride = PAGE_SIZE;
>>>> +    unsigned long pages;
>>>> +
>>>> +    start = round_down(start, stride);
>>>> +    end = round_up(end, stride);
>>>> +    pages = (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>>>>    -    if ((end - start) > (MAX_DVM_OPS * PAGE_SIZE)) {
>>>> +    /*
>>>> +     * When not uses TLB range ops, we can handle up to
>>>> +     * (MAX_DVM_OPS - 1) pages;
>>>> +     * When uses TLB range ops, we can handle up to
>>>> +     * MAX_TLBI_RANGE_PAGES pages.
>>>> +     */
>>>> +    if ((!system_supports_tlb_range() &&
>>>> +         (end - start) >= (MAX_DVM_OPS * stride)) ||
>>>> +        pages > MAX_TLBI_RANGE_PAGES) {
>>>>            flush_tlb_all();
>>>>            return;
>>>>        }
>>>
>>> Could the above conditional check for flush_tlb_all() be factored out
>>> in a helper, which can also be used in __flush_tlb_range_nosync() ?
>>
>> How about adding this helper, not good at naming,
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
>> index 42f0ec14fb2c..b7043ff0945f 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
>> @@ -431,6 +431,23 @@ do {                        \
>>   #define __flush_s2_tlb_range_op(op, start, pages, stride, tlb_level) \
>>          __flush_tlb_range_op(op, start, pages, stride, 0, tlb_level, false, kvm_lpa2_is_enabled());
>>
>> +static inline int __flush_tlb_range_limit_excess(unsigned long start,
>> +               unsigned long end, unsigned long pages, unsigned long stride)
> 
> Helper name sounds just fine.
> 
>> +{
>> +       /*
>> +        * When not uses TLB range ops, we can handle up to
>> +        * (MAX_DVM_OPS - 1) pages;
>> +        * When uses TLB range ops, we can handle up to
>> +        * MAX_TLBI_RANGE_PAGES pages.
>> +        */
> 
> This could be re-worded some what, something like this or
> may be you could make it better.
> 
> /*
>   * When the system does not support TLB range based flush
>   * operation, (MAX_DVM_OPS - 1) pages can be handled. But
>   * with TLB range based operation, MAX_TLBI_RANGE_PAGES
>   * pages can be handled.
>   */
> 

Thanks for your advise, this is better.

>> +       if ((!system_supports_tlb_range() &&
>> +            (end - start) >= (MAX_DVM_OPS * stride)) ||
>> +           pages > MAX_TLBI_RANGE_PAGES)
>> +               return -ERANGE;
>> +
>> +       return 0;
>> +}
>> +
>>   static inline void __flush_tlb_range_nosync(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>                                       unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
>>                                       unsigned long stride, bool last_level,
>> @@ -442,15 +459,7 @@ static inline void __flush_tlb_range_nosync(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>>          end = round_up(end, stride);
>>          pages = (end - start) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>>
>> -       /*
>> -        * When not uses TLB range ops, we can handle up to
>> -        * (MAX_DVM_OPS - 1) pages;
>> -        * When uses TLB range ops, we can handle up to
>> -        * MAX_TLBI_RANGE_PAGES pages.
>> -        */
>> -       if ((!system_supports_tlb_range() &&
>> -            (end - start) >= (MAX_DVM_OPS * stride)) ||
>> -           pages > MAX_TLBI_RANGE_PAGES) {
>> +       if (__flush_tlb_range_limit_excess(start, end, pages, stride)) {
>>                  flush_tlb_mm(vma->vm_mm);
>>                  return;
>>          }
>>
> 
> But yes, this factored out helper should now be used in flush_tlb_kernel_range() as well.
> 

Yes, will re-post with the helper.




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