[PATCH] riscv: hwprobe: Fix stale vDSO data for late-initialized keys at boot

王经纬 wangjingwei at iscas.ac.cn
Wed May 21 18:40:59 PDT 2025




> -----原始邮件-----
> 发件人: "Yixun Lan" <dlan at gentoo.org>
> 发送时间: 2025-05-21 15:52:35 (星期三)
> 收件人: wangjingwei at iscas.ac.cn
> 抄送: linux-riscv at lists.infradead.org, "Paul Walmsley" <paul.walmsley at sifive.com>, "Palmer Dabbelt" <palmer at dabbelt.com>, "Albert Ou" <aou at eecs.berkeley.edu>, "Alexandre Ghiti" <alex at ghiti.fr>, "Andrew Jones" <ajones at ventanamicro.com>, "Conor Dooley" <conor.dooley at microchip.com>, "Clément Léger" <cleger at rivosinc.com>, "Charlie Jenkins" <charlie at rivosinc.com>, "Tsukasa OI" <research_trasio at irq.a4lg.com>
> 主题: Re: [PATCH] riscv: hwprobe: Fix stale vDSO data for late-initialized keys at boot
> 
> Hi Jingwei,
> 
> On 13:27 Wed 21 May     , wangjingwei at iscas.ac.cn wrote:
> > From: Jingwei Wang <wangjingwei at iscas.ac.cn>
> > 
> > The riscv_hwprobe vDSO data is populated by init_hwprobe_vdso_data(),
> > an arch_initcall_sync. However, underlying data for some keys, like
> > RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_PERF, is determined asynchronously.
> > 
> > Specifically, the per_cpu(vector_misaligned_access, cpu) values are set
> > by the vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus kthread. This kthread
> > is spawned by an earlier arch_initcall (check_unaligned_access_all_cpus)
> > and may complete its benchmark *after* init_hwprobe_vdso_data() has
> > already populated the vDSO with default/stale values.
> > 
> > This patch introduces riscv_hwprobe_vdso_sync(sync_key). This function
> > is now called by the vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus kthread
> > upon its completion. It re-evaluates the specified key using current kernel
> > state (including the finalized per-CPU data) via hwprobe_one_pair()
> > and updates the corresponding entry in vdso_k_arch_data.
> > 
> Personally, it's unnecessary to explain the patch line by line, 
> giving a high level summary would be great
> 
> > This ensures the vDSO accurately reflects the final boot-time values
> > for keys determined by such asynchronous boot tasks, resolving observed
> > inconsistencies when userspace starts.
> > 
> > Test by comparing vDSO and syscall results for affected keys
> > (e.g., MISALIGNED_VECTOR_PERF), which now match their final
> > boot-time values.
> > 
> > Reported-by: Tsukasa OI <research_trasio at irq.a4lg.com>
> > Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-riscv/760d637b-b13b-4518-b6bf-883d55d44e7f@irq.a4lg.com/
> As you give a Closes tag here, so I'd ask
> 
> Can you check which commit introduced this problem? it might warrant
> a Fixes tag, please also CC stable if needed
> 
> (Check the kernel commit log for what's format of Fixes tag,
>  12 charactors for hash + full commit title)
> 
> > Signed-off-by: Jingwei Wang <wangjingwei at iscas.ac.cn>
> > ---
> >  arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h           |  4 ++++
> >  arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c            | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >  arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c |  4 +++-
> >  3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h
> > index 1f690fea0e03de6a..02c34f03d8b9bc83 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/hwprobe.h
> > @@ -40,4 +40,8 @@ static inline bool riscv_hwprobe_pair_cmp(struct riscv_hwprobe *pair,
> >  	return pair->value == other_pair->value;
> >  }
> >  
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> > +void riscv_hwprobe_vdso_sync(s64 sync_key);
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
> > +
> we usually try to avoid repeat "#ifdef CONFIG_MMU" in header & c file (unaligned_access_speed.c)
> so, you can do
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> void riscv_hwprobe_vdso_sync(s64 sync_key);
> #else
> static inline void riscv_hwprobe_vdso_sync(s64 sync_key) { };
> #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
> 
> 
> >  #endif
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
> > index 249aec8594a92a80..c2593bd766055d35 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/sys_hwprobe.c
> > @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
> >  #include <asm vector.h="">
> >  #include <asm vendor_extensions="" thead_hwprobe.h="">
> >  #include <vdso vsyscall.h="">
> > +#include <vdso datapage.h="">
> >  
> >  
> >  static void hwprobe_arch_id(struct riscv_hwprobe *pair,
> > @@ -500,6 +501,21 @@ static int __init init_hwprobe_vdso_data(void)
> >  
> >  arch_initcall_sync(init_hwprobe_vdso_data);
> >  
> > +void riscv_hwprobe_vdso_sync(s64 sync_key)
> > +{
> > +	struct vdso_arch_data *avd = vdso_k_arch_data;
> > +	struct riscv_hwprobe pair;
> > +
> > +	pair.key = sync_key;
> > +	hwprobe_one_pair(&pair, cpu_online_mask);
> > +	/*
> > +	 * Update vDSO data for the given key.
> > +	 * Currently for non-ID key updates (e.g. MISALIGNED_VECTOR_PERF),
> > +	 * so 'homogeneous_cpus' is not re-evaluated here.
> > +	 */
> > +	avd->all_cpu_hwprobe_values[sync_key] = pair.value;
> > +}
> > +
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
> >  
> >  SYSCALL_DEFINE5(riscv_hwprobe, struct riscv_hwprobe __user *, pairs,
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
> > index 585d2dcf2dab1ccb..7194aee3bf3234e5 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/unaligned_access_speed.c
> > @@ -375,7 +375,9 @@ static void check_vector_unaligned_access(struct work_struct *work __always_unus
> >  static int __init vec_check_unaligned_access_speed_all_cpus(void *unused __always_unused)
> >  {
> >  	schedule_on_each_cpu(check_vector_unaligned_access);
> > -
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> > +	riscv_hwprobe_vdso_sync(RISCV_HWPROBE_KEY_MISALIGNED_VECTOR_PERF);
> > +#endif
> >  	return 0;
> >  }
> >  #else /* CONFIG_RISCV_PROBE_VECTOR_UNALIGNED_ACCESS */
> > -- 
> > 2.49.0
> > 
> > 
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> 
> -- 
> Yixun Lan (dlan)

Thanks Yixun, I'll address these points in v2.


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