From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail-pg0-x243.google.com (mail-pg0-x243.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c05::243]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3zln1g4cSmzDqkF for ; Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:59:34 +1100 (AEDT) Received: by mail-pg0-x243.google.com with SMTP id w17so6666120pgv.6 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 2018 19:59:34 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <1519099169.6563.19.camel@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 10/12] [WIP] powerpc/tm: Correctly save/restore checkpointed sprs From: Cyril Bur To: Michael Neuling , benh@kernel.crashing.org, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:59:29 +1100 In-Reply-To: <1519095630.7360.57.camel@neuling.org> References: <20180220002241.29648-1-cyrilbur@gmail.com> <20180220002241.29648-11-cyrilbur@gmail.com> <1519095630.7360.57.camel@neuling.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Mime-Version: 1.0 List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , On Tue, 2018-02-20 at 14:00 +1100, Michael Neuling wrote: > This needs a description of what you're trying to do. "Correctly" doesn't > really mean anything. > > > On Tue, 2018-02-20 at 11:22 +1100, Cyril Bur wrote: > > --- > > arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c | 57 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- > > - > > arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c | 9 +++---- > > 2 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c > > index cd3ae80a6878..674f75c56172 100644 > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/process.c > > @@ -859,6 +859,8 @@ static inline bool tm_enabled(struct task_struct *tsk) > > return tsk && tsk->thread.regs && (tsk->thread.regs->msr & MSR_TM); > > } > > > > +static inline void save_sprs(struct thread_struct *t); > > + > > static void tm_reclaim_thread(struct thread_struct *thr, uint8_t cause) > > { > > /* > > @@ -879,6 +881,8 @@ static void tm_reclaim_thread(struct thread_struct *thr, > > uint8_t cause) > > if (!MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr())) > > return; > > > > + save_sprs(thr); > > + > > giveup_all(container_of(thr, struct task_struct, thread)); > > > > tm_reclaim(thr, cause); > > @@ -991,6 +995,37 @@ void tm_recheckpoint(struct thread_struct *thread) > > > > __tm_recheckpoint(thread); > > > > + /* > > + * This is a stripped down restore_sprs(), we need to do this > > + * now as we might go straight out to userspace and currently > > + * the checkpointed values are on the CPU. > > + * > > + * TODO: Improve > > + */ > > +#ifdef CONFIG_ALTIVEC > > + if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ALTIVEC)) > > + mtspr(SPRN_VRSAVE, thread->vrsave); > > +#endif > > +#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 > > + if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_DSCR)) { > > + u64 dscr = get_paca()->dscr_default; > > + if (thread->dscr_inherit) > > + dscr = thread->dscr; > > + > > + mtspr(SPRN_DSCR, dscr); > > + } > > + > > + if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S)) { > > + /* The EBB regs aren't checkpointed */ > > + mtspr(SPRN_FSCR, thread->fscr); > > + > > + mtspr(SPRN_TAR, thread->tar); > > + } > > + > > + /* I think we don't need to */ > > + if (cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_ARCH_300)) > > + mtspr(SPRN_TIDR, thread->tidr); > > +#endif > > Why are you touching all the above hunk? I copied restore_sprs. I'm tidying that up now - we can't call restore_sprs because we don't have a prev and next thread. > > > local_irq_restore(flags); > > } > > > > @@ -1193,6 +1228,11 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct > > *prev, > > #endif > > > > new_thread = &new->thread; > > + /* > > + * Why not &prev->thread; ? > > + * What is the difference between &prev->thread and > > + * ¤t->thread ? > > + */ > > Why not just work it out and FIX THE CODE, rather than just rabbiting on about > it! :-P Agreed - I started to and then had a mini freakout that things would end really badly if they're not the same. So I left that comment as a reminder to investigate. They should be the same though right? > > > old_thread = ¤t->thread; > > > > WARN_ON(!irqs_disabled()); > > @@ -1237,8 +1277,16 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct > > *prev, > > /* > > * We need to save SPRs before treclaim/trecheckpoint as these will > > * change a number of them. > > + * > > + * Because we're now reclaiming on kernel entry, we've had to > > + * already save them. Don't do it again. > > + * Note: To deliver a signal in the signal context, we'll have > > + * turned off TM because we don't want the signal context to > > + * have the transactional state of the main thread - what if > > + * we go through switch to at that point? Can we? > > */ > > - save_sprs(&prev->thread); > > + if (!prev->thread.regs || !MSR_TM_ACTIVE(prev->thread.regs->msr)) > > + save_sprs(&prev->thread); > > > > /* Save FPU, Altivec, VSX and SPE state */ > > giveup_all(prev); > > @@ -1260,8 +1308,13 @@ struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct > > *prev, > > * for this is we manually create a stack frame for new tasks that > > * directly returns through ret_from_fork() or > > * ret_from_kernel_thread(). See copy_thread() for details. > > + * > > + * It isn't stricly nessesary that we avoid the restore here > > + * because we'll simply restore again after the recheckpoint, > > + * but we can avoid it for performance reasons. > > */ > > - restore_sprs(old_thread, new_thread); > > + if (!new_thread->regs || !MSR_TM_ACTIVE(new_thread->regs->msr)) > > + restore_sprs(old_thread, new_thread); > > > > last = _switch(old_thread, new_thread); > > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c > > index ca72d7391d40..16001987ba71 100644 > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c > > @@ -135,12 +135,9 @@ static void flush_tmregs_to_thread(struct task_struct > > *tsk) > > if ((!cpu_has_feature(CPU_FTR_TM)) || (tsk != current)) > > return; > > > > - if (MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr())) { > > - tm_reclaim_current(TM_CAUSE_SIGNAL); > > - } else { > > - tm_enable(); > > - tm_save_sprs(&(tsk->thread)); > > - } > > + BUG_ON(MSR_TM_SUSPENDED(mfmsr())); > > + tm_enable(); > > + tm_save_sprs(&(tsk->thread)); > > } > > #else > > static inline void flush_tmregs_to_thread(struct task_struct *tsk) { }