[PATCH] UV: fix incorrect tlb flush all issue

From: Alex Shi
Date: Fri Aug 24 2012 - 04:57:53 EST


The flush tlb optimization code has logical issue on UV platform.
It doesn't flush the full range at all, since it simply
ignores its 'end' parameter (and hence also the "all" indicator)
in uv_flush_tlb_others() function.

This patch fixed this issue, but untested due to hardware leaking.

Reported-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Alex Shi <alex.shi@xxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h | 6 ++++--
arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c | 14 ++++++++------
2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h
index a06983c..ac6f326 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uv/uv_bau.h
@@ -225,8 +225,10 @@ struct bau_local_cpumask {
* The payload is software-defined for INTD transactions
*/
struct bau_msg_payload {
- unsigned long address; /* signifies a page or all
- TLB's of the cpu */
+ unsigned long start; /* start address to flush TLB
+ of the cpu */
+ unsigned long end; /* end address to flush TLB
+ of the cpu */
/* 64 bits */
unsigned short sending_cpu; /* filled in by sender */
/* 16 bits */
diff --git a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
index b8b3a37..c603d15 100644
--- a/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
+++ b/arch/x86/platform/uv/tlb_uv.c
@@ -280,12 +280,12 @@ static void bau_process_message(struct msg_desc *mdp, struct bau_control *bcp,
/*
* This must be a normal message, or retry of a normal message
*/
- if (msg->address == TLB_FLUSH_ALL) {
+ if (msg->end == 0) {
+ __flush_tlb_one(msg->start);
+ stat->d_onetlb++;
+ } else {
local_flush_tlb();
stat->d_alltlb++;
- } else {
- __flush_tlb_one(msg->address);
- stat->d_onetlb++;
}
stat->d_requestee++;

@@ -1034,7 +1034,8 @@ static int set_distrib_bits(struct cpumask *flush_mask, struct bau_control *bcp,
* globally purge translation cache of a virtual address or all TLB's
* @cpumask: mask of all cpu's in which the address is to be removed
* @mm: mm_struct containing virtual address range
- * @va: virtual address to be removed (or TLB_FLUSH_ALL for all TLB's on cpu)
+ * @start: start virtual address to be removed from TLB
+ * @end: end virtual address to be remove from TLB
* @cpu: the current cpu
*
* This is the entry point for initiating any UV global TLB shootdown.
@@ -1113,7 +1114,8 @@ const struct cpumask *uv_flush_tlb_others(const struct cpumask *cpumask,

record_send_statistics(stat, locals, hubs, remotes, bau_desc);

- bau_desc->payload.address = start;
+ bau_desc->payload.start = start;
+ bau_desc->payload.end = end;
bau_desc->payload.sending_cpu = cpu;
/*
* uv_flush_send_and_wait returns 0 if all cpu's were messaged,
--
1.7.5.4

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