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From: KyongHo Cho <pullip.cho@samsung.com>
To: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	linaro-mm-sig@lists.linaro.org,
	linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Linaro-mm-sig] [RFC] ARM DMA mapping TODO, v1
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:24:30 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=8fh97S00HwcCvXe84v=0i+BQ74Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1303940737.2513.190.camel@pasglop>

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> Don't you have a risk where speculative loads or prefetches might bring
> back some stuff into the cache via the cachable mapping ? Is that an
> issue ? As long as it's non-dirty and the cachable mapping isn't
> otherwise used, I suppose it might be a non-issue, tho I've seen in
> powerpc land cases of processors that can checkstop if a subsequent non
> cachable access "hits" the stuff that was loaded in the cache.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben.
>
As far as I know, ARM processors does not have the capability
to detect non-cacheable access hits the stuff in  the cache.

IMHO, speculative prefetch becomes a problem
when a coherent buffer (that is not-cacheable in ARM) is modified by a
DMA transaction
while old data is already loaded in the cache via another cacheable
mapping onto the buffer
even though it is never touched by CPU.
We can avoid this problem if the kernel removes 'executable' property
from the cacheable mapping.
But it is not able to modify page table entries in the direct mapping area.

Regards,
KyongHo

WARNING: multiple messages have this Message-ID (diff)
From: pullip.cho@samsung.com (KyongHo Cho)
To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [Linaro-mm-sig] [RFC] ARM DMA mapping TODO, v1
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:24:30 +0900	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <BANLkTi=8fh97S00HwcCvXe84v=0i+BQ74Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1303940737.2513.190.camel@pasglop>

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 6:45 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt
<benh@kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
>
> Don't you have a risk where speculative loads or prefetches might bring
> back some stuff into the cache via the cachable mapping ? Is that an
> issue ? As long as it's non-dirty and the cachable mapping isn't
> otherwise used, I suppose it might be a non-issue, tho I've seen in
> powerpc land cases of processors that can checkstop if a subsequent non
> cachable access "hits" the stuff that was loaded in the cache.
>
> Cheers,
> Ben.
>
As far as I know, ARM processors does not have the capability
to detect non-cacheable access hits the stuff in  the cache.

IMHO, speculative prefetch becomes a problem
when a coherent buffer (that is not-cacheable in ARM) is modified by a
DMA transaction
while old data is already loaded in the cache via another cacheable
mapping onto the buffer
even though it is never touched by CPU.
We can avoid this problem if the kernel removes 'executable' property
from the cacheable mapping.
But it is not able to modify page table entries in the direct mapping area.

Regards,
KyongHo

  reply	other threads:[~2011-04-28  7:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 198+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-04-21 19:29 [RFC] ARM DMA mapping TODO, v1 Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-21 19:29 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-21 20:09 ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Jesse Barnes
2011-04-21 20:09   ` Jesse Barnes
2011-04-21 21:52   ` Zach Pfeffer
2011-04-21 21:52     ` Zach Pfeffer
2011-04-22  0:34     ` KyongHo Cho
2011-04-22  0:34       ` KyongHo Cho
2011-04-26 14:29       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-26 14:29         ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-26 14:28     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-26 14:28       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-26 14:26   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-26 14:26     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-26 15:39     ` Jesse Barnes
2011-04-26 15:39       ` Jesse Barnes
2011-04-27  7:35 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27  7:35   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27  8:56   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27  8:56     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27  9:09     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27  9:09       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27 11:02       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27 11:02         ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27 16:16         ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Alex Deucher
2011-04-27 16:16           ` Alex Deucher
2011-04-27 17:44           ` Anca Emanuel
2011-04-27 17:44             ` Anca Emanuel
2011-04-27 20:27             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27 20:27               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27 20:16         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27 20:16           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27 20:21           ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27 20:21             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27 20:26             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27 20:26               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27 20:48               ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27 20:48                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27 21:41               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-27 21:41                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-28  9:30                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28  9:30                   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 21:07                   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-28 21:07                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 11:26                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-29 11:26                       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-29 11:47                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 11:47                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 11:56                       ` Alan Cox
2011-04-29 11:56                         ` Alan Cox
2011-04-29 22:51                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 22:51                           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 12:06                       ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Thomas Hellstrom
2011-04-29 12:06                         ` Thomas Hellstrom
2011-04-29 13:34                         ` Jerome Glisse
2011-04-29 13:34                           ` Jerome Glisse
2011-04-29 22:55                           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 22:55                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 22:53                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 22:53                           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-27 10:51     ` Marek Szyprowski
2011-04-27 10:51       ` Marek Szyprowski
2011-04-27 21:37   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-27 21:37     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-28  6:40     ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28  6:40       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28  6:46       ` FUJITA Tomonori
2011-04-28  6:46         ` FUJITA Tomonori
2011-04-28  9:37     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28  9:37       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 10:32       ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Marek Szyprowski
2011-04-28 10:32         ` Marek Szyprowski
2011-04-28 10:51         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 10:51           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 12:28           ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 12:28             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 13:15             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 13:15               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 14:29               ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 14:29                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 14:34                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 14:34                   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 14:39                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 14:39                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 14:58                     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 14:58                       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 19:37                   ` Jerome Glisse
2011-04-28 19:37                     ` Jerome Glisse
2011-04-29  0:29                     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29  0:29                       ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29  5:50                       ` Thomas Hellstrom
2011-04-29  5:50                         ` Thomas Hellstrom
2011-04-29  7:35                         ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29  7:35                           ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 10:55                           ` Thomas Hellstrom
2011-04-29 10:55                             ` Thomas Hellstrom
2011-04-29 22:50                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 22:50                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 16:27                           ` Jesse Barnes
2011-04-29 16:27                             ` Jesse Barnes
2011-04-29 22:46                             ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 22:46                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-30  2:45                               ` Jesse Barnes
2011-04-30  2:45                                 ` Jesse Barnes
2011-04-29  7:59                         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-29  7:59                           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-29 16:32                           ` Jesse Barnes
2011-04-29 16:32                             ` Jesse Barnes
2011-04-29 18:29                             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-29 18:29                               ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-29 22:15                               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-29 22:15                                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-05-02  4:42                                 ` David Brown
2011-05-02  4:42                                   ` David Brown
2011-05-02 11:26                                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-05-02 11:26                                     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-29 22:37                               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 22:37                                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 13:42                     ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-29 13:42                       ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-29 14:19                       ` Jerome Glisse
2011-04-29 14:19                         ` Jerome Glisse
2011-04-29 15:37                       ` Jordan Crouse
2011-04-29 15:37                         ` Jordan Crouse
2011-04-28 14:38                 ` FUJITA Tomonori
2011-04-28 14:38                   ` FUJITA Tomonori
2011-04-29  0:25               ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29  0:25                 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-29 11:21                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-29 11:21                   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 10:41   ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-28 10:41     ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-28 11:01     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 11:01       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 12:25       ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-28 12:25         ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-28 12:42         ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 12:42           ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 12:59           ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-28 12:59             ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-28 13:02           ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 13:02             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 13:19             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 13:19               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 13:56               ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-28 13:56                 ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-28 14:30                 ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 14:30                   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27  9:52 ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-27  9:52   ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-27 10:43   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27 10:43     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27 11:08     ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-27 11:08       ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-28  0:15       ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2011-04-28  0:15         ` Valdis.Kletnieks at vt.edu
2011-04-28  8:27         ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-28  8:27           ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-28 12:12           ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 12:12             ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 12:36             ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 12:36               ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 12:48               ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 12:48                 ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-05-03 14:45             ` Dave Martin
2011-05-03 14:45               ` Dave Martin
2011-04-29 15:41       ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-29 15:41         ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-29 16:42         ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-29 16:42           ` Catalin Marinas
2011-05-03 15:05     ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " Laurent Pinchart
2011-05-03 15:05       ` Laurent Pinchart
2011-05-03 15:31       ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-05-03 15:31         ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-27 14:06   ` FUJITA Tomonori
2011-04-27 14:06     ` FUJITA Tomonori
2011-04-27 14:29     ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-27 14:29       ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-27 14:34       ` FUJITA Tomonori
2011-04-27 14:34         ` FUJITA Tomonori
2011-04-27 20:29     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27 20:29       ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-27 21:45   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-27 21:45     ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-28  7:24     ` KyongHo Cho [this message]
2011-04-28  7:24       ` [Linaro-mm-sig] " KyongHo Cho
2011-04-28  8:31     ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-28  8:31       ` Catalin Marinas
2011-04-27 21:31 ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-27 21:31   ` Benjamin Herrenschmidt
2011-04-28  9:42   ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28  9:42     ` Russell King - ARM Linux
2011-04-28 10:27 ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-28 10:27   ` Joerg Roedel
2011-04-28 12:15   ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-04-28 12:15     ` Arnd Bergmann
2011-05-03 14:35 [Linaro-mm-sig] " Laurent Pinchart
2011-05-03 14:35 ` Laurent Pinchart

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