From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: "Prakhya, Sai Praneeth" <sai.praneeth.prakhya@intel.com>
Cc: "linux-efi@vger.kernel.org" <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
"linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"x86@kernel.org" <x86@kernel.org>, Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>, Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org>,
"Hansen, Dave" <dave.hansen@intel.com>,
Bhupesh Sharma <bhsharma@redhat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH V2 1/2] x86/efi: Unmap EFI boot services code/data regions from efi_pgd
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2018 19:11:09 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.2.21.1810291907320.5984@nanos.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FFF73D592F13FD46B8700F0A279B802F485E5549@ORSMSX114.amr.corp.intel.com>
Sai,
On Mon, 29 Oct 2018, Prakhya, Sai Praneeth wrote:
> Hi Thomas and Peter,
>
> [off the mailing list because I wasn't sure if it's a good idea to spam others with my questions]
In general it's good to do on list because others can learn from the
answers as well.
> > > > + retval = __change_page_attr_set_clr(&cpa, 0);
> > > > + __flush_tlb_all();
> > >
> > > So this looks like you copied it from kernel_map_pages_in_pgd() which
> > > has been discussed before to be not sufficient, but it can't be
> > > changed right now due to locking issues.
> >
> > Managed to confuse myself. The place which cannot be changed is a different
> > one, but still for your call site __flush_tlb_all() might not be sufficient.
>
> Since the mappings are changed, I thought a flush_tlb() might be needed.
> But, (to be honest), I don't completely understand the x86/mm code. So, could you
> please elaborate the issue more for my better understanding?
>
> So some questions I have are,
> 1. What did Peter Z mean here? "How is that not a TLB invalidation bug ?"
__flush_tlb_all() flushes only the mapping on the current CPU. So in a SMP
environment it's not sufficient.
> 2. I assumed kernel_map_pages_in_pgd() to be a good code but you said that
> it has some locking issues. So, could you please elaborate more on that.
I corrected myself. It's the other function which cannot use the proper
cpa_flush.*() functions.
> Or, could you please provide me some pointers in the source code that I
> can take a look at so that I could understand the issue much better.
I'll have a second look at the whole thing and reply on list.
Thanks,
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-10-29 18:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-10-26 21:38 [PATCH V2 0/2] Unmap EFI boot services code/data regions after boot Sai Praneeth Prakhya
2018-10-26 21:38 ` [PATCH V2 1/2] x86/efi: Unmap EFI boot services code/data regions from efi_pgd Sai Praneeth Prakhya
2018-10-29 6:07 ` Ingo Molnar
2018-10-29 7:26 ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
2018-10-29 14:40 ` Peter Zijlstra
2018-10-29 17:13 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-10-29 17:21 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-10-29 18:01 ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
2018-10-29 18:11 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2018-10-29 18:18 ` Thomas Gleixner
2018-10-29 18:32 ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
2018-10-29 18:38 ` Prakhya, Sai Praneeth
2018-10-26 21:38 ` [PATCH V2 2/2] x86/efi: Move efi_<reserve/free>_boot_services() to arch/x86 Sai Praneeth Prakhya
2018-10-29 17:14 ` Thomas Gleixner
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