From: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
To: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, will@kernel.org,
mark.rutland@arm.com, maz@kernel.org, ardb@kernel.org,
james.morse@arm.com, alexandru.elisei@arm.com,
suzuki.poulose@arm.com, robin.murphy@arm.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/18] arm64: Do not enable uaccess for invalidate_icache_range
Date: Tue, 25 May 2021 12:18:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20210525111826.GF15564@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20210520124406.2731873-7-tabba@google.com>
On Thu, May 20, 2021 at 01:43:54PM +0100, Fuad Tabba wrote:
> invalidate_icache_range() works on the kernel linear map, and
> doesn't need uaccess. Remove the code that toggles
> uaccess_ttbr0_enable, as well as the code that emits an entry
> into the exception table (via the macro
> invalidate_icache_by_line).
>
> Changes return type of invalidate_icache_range() from int (which
> used to indicate a fault) to void, since it doesn't need uaccess
> and won't fault. Note that return value was never checked by any
> of the callers.
>
> No functional change intended.
> Possible performance impact due to the reduced number of
> instructions.
>
> Reported-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> Reported-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-arch/20200511110014.lb9PEahJ4hVOYrbwIb_qUHXyNy9KQzNFdb_I3YlzY6A@z/
> Signed-off-by: Fuad Tabba <tabba@google.com>
Acked-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
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Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-05-20 12:43 [PATCH v3 00/18] Tidy up cache.S Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 01/18] arm64: assembler: replace `kaddr` with `addr` Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 02/18] arm64: assembler: add conditional cache fixups Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 03/18] arm64: Apply errata to swsusp_arch_suspend_exit Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 12:46 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 04/18] arm64: assembler: user_alt label optional Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 12:57 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-21 11:46 ` Fuad Tabba
2021-05-21 13:05 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 05/18] arm64: Do not enable uaccess for flush_icache_range Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 14:02 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 15:37 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-21 12:18 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-25 11:18 ` Catalin Marinas
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 06/18] arm64: Do not enable uaccess for invalidate_icache_range Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 14:13 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-25 11:18 ` Catalin Marinas [this message]
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 07/18] arm64: Downgrade flush_icache_range to invalidate Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 14:15 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-25 11:18 ` Catalin Marinas
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 08/18] arm64: Move documentation of dcache_by_line_op Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 14:17 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 09/18] arm64: Fix comments to refer to correct function __flush_icache_range Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 14:18 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 10/18] arm64: __inval_dcache_area to take end parameter instead of size Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 15:46 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:43 ` [PATCH v3 11/18] arm64: dcache_by_line_op " Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 15:48 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:44 ` [PATCH v3 12/18] arm64: __flush_dcache_area " Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 16:06 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:44 ` [PATCH v3 13/18] arm64: __clean_dcache_area_poc " Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 16:16 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:44 ` [PATCH v3 14/18] arm64: __clean_dcache_area_pop " Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 16:19 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:44 ` [PATCH v3 15/18] arm64: __clean_dcache_area_pou " Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 16:24 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:44 ` [PATCH v3 16/18] arm64: sync_icache_aliases " Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 16:34 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:44 ` [PATCH v3 17/18] arm64: Fix cache maintenance function comments Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 16:48 ` Mark Rutland
2021-05-20 12:44 ` [PATCH v3 18/18] arm64: Rename arm64-internal cache maintenance functions Fuad Tabba
2021-05-20 17:01 ` Mark Rutland
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