[PATCH] powerpc/non-smp: Inconditionaly call smp_mb() on switch_mm

[PATCH] powerpc/non-smp: Inconditionaly call smp_mb() on switch_mm

[Christophe Leroy]

Commit 3ccfebedd8cf ("powerpc, membarrier: Skip memory barrier in
switch_mm()") added some logic to skip the smp_mb() in
switch_mm_irqs_off() before the call to switch_mmu_context().

However, on non SMP smp_mb() is just a compiler barrier and doing
it inconditionaly is simpler than the logic used to check
whether the barrier is needed or not.

After the patch:

00000000 <switch_mm_irqs_off>:
...
   c:	7c 04 18 40 	cmplw   r4,r3
  10:	81 24 00 24 	lwz     r9,36(r4)
  14:	91 25 04 c8 	stw     r9,1224(r5)
  18:	4d 82 00 20 	beqlr
  1c:	48 00 00 00 	b       1c <switch_mm_irqs_off+0x1c>
			1c: R_PPC_REL24	switch_mmu_context

Before the patch:

00000000 <switch_mm_irqs_off>:
...
   c:	7c 04 18 40 	cmplw   r4,r3
  10:	81 24 00 24 	lwz     r9,36(r4)
  14:	91 25 04 c8 	stw     r9,1224(r5)
  18:	4d 82 00 20 	beqlr
  1c:	81 24 00 28 	lwz     r9,40(r4)
  20:	71 29 00 0a 	andi.   r9,r9,10
  24:	40 82 00 34 	bne     58 <switch_mm_irqs_off+0x58>
  28:	48 00 00 00 	b       28 <switch_mm_irqs_off+0x28>
			28: R_PPC_REL24	switch_mmu_context
...
  58:	2c 03 00 00 	cmpwi   r3,0
  5c:	41 82 ff cc 	beq     28 <switch_mm_irqs_off+0x28>
  60:	48 00 00 00 	b       60 <switch_mm_irqs_off+0x60>
			60: R_PPC_REL24	switch_mmu_context

Signed-off-by: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/membarrier.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/membarrier.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/membarrier.h
index 6e20bb5c74ea..de7f79157918 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/membarrier.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/membarrier.h
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ static inline void membarrier_arch_switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev,
 	 * when switching from userspace to kernel is not needed after
 	 * store to rq->curr.
 	 */
-	if (likely(!(atomic_read(&next->membarrier_state) &
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SMP) &&
+	    likely(!(atomic_read(&next->membarrier_state) &
 		     (MEMBARRIER_STATE_PRIVATE_EXPEDITED |
 		      MEMBARRIER_STATE_GLOBAL_EXPEDITED)) || !prev))
 		return;
-- 
2.25.0

Re: [PATCH] powerpc/non-smp: Inconditionaly call smp_mb() on switch_mm

[Michael Ellerman]

On Mon, 5 Jul 2021 12:00:50 +0000 (UTC), Christophe Leroy wrote:
> Commit 3ccfebedd8cf ("powerpc, membarrier: Skip memory barrier in
> switch_mm()") added some logic to skip the smp_mb() in
> switch_mm_irqs_off() before the call to switch_mmu_context().
> 
> However, on non SMP smp_mb() is just a compiler barrier and doing
> it inconditionaly is simpler than the logic used to check
> whether the barrier is needed or not.
> 
> [...]

Applied to powerpc/next.

[1/1] powerpc/non-smp: Inconditionaly call smp_mb() on switch_mm
      https://git.kernel.org/powerpc/c/c8a6d91005343dea0d53be0ff0620c66934dcd44

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