Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH 1/2] tcg: Ensure safe tb_jmp_cache lookup out of 'tb_lock'

[Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net>]

On 07/01/2016 05:17 PM, Emilio G. Cota wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 01, 2016 at 17:16:09 +0100, Alex Bennée wrote:
>> From: Sergey Fedorov <serge.fdrv@gmail.com>
> (snip)
>> @@ -333,7 +338,7 @@ static inline TranslationBlock *tb_find_fast(CPUState *cpu,
>>         is executed. */
>>      cpu_get_tb_cpu_state(env, &pc, &cs_base, &flags);
>>      tb_lock();
>> -    tb = cpu->tb_jmp_cache[tb_jmp_cache_hash_func(pc)];
>> +    tb = atomic_read(&cpu->tb_jmp_cache[tb_jmp_cache_hash_func(pc)]);
>>      if (unlikely(!tb || tb->pc != pc || tb->cs_base != cs_base ||
>>                   tb->flags != flags)) {
>>          tb = tb_find_slow(cpu, pc, cs_base, flags);
>> diff --git a/translate-all.c b/translate-all.c
>> index eaa95e4..1fcfe79 100644
>> --- a/translate-all.c
>> +++ b/translate-all.c
>> @@ -1004,11 +1004,16 @@ void tb_phys_invalidate(TranslationBlock *tb, tb_page_addr_t page_addr)
>>          invalidate_page_bitmap(p);
>>      }
>>
>> +    /* Ensure that we won't find the TB in the shared hash table
>> +     * if we con't see it in CPU's local cache.
>
> s/con't/can't/
>
>> +     * Pairs with smp_rmb() in tb_find_slow(). */
>> +    smp_wmb();
>
> This fence is already embedded in qht_remove, since it internally
> calls seqlock_write_end() on a successful removal...

No.  There's stuff that happens after qht_remove and before this barrier: 
tb_page_remove and invalidate_page_bitmap.


r~