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Diffstat (limited to 'arch/x86/include')
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h | 34 |
2 files changed, 34 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h index 4fa687a47..6b8d6e8cd 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/boot.h @@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ #define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE 0x400000 #else /* !CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2 */ -#define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE 0x8000 +#define BOOT_HEAP_SIZE 0x10000 #endif /* !CONFIG_KERNEL_BZIP2 */ diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h index 379cd3658..bfd9b2a35 100644 --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/mmu_context.h @@ -116,8 +116,36 @@ static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next, #endif cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next)); - /* Re-load page tables */ + /* + * Re-load page tables. + * + * This logic has an ordering constraint: + * + * CPU 0: Write to a PTE for 'next' + * CPU 0: load bit 1 in mm_cpumask. if nonzero, send IPI. + * CPU 1: set bit 1 in next's mm_cpumask + * CPU 1: load from the PTE that CPU 0 writes (implicit) + * + * We need to prevent an outcome in which CPU 1 observes + * the new PTE value and CPU 0 observes bit 1 clear in + * mm_cpumask. (If that occurs, then the IPI will never + * be sent, and CPU 0's TLB will contain a stale entry.) + * + * The bad outcome can occur if either CPU's load is + * reordered before that CPU's store, so both CPUs must + * execute full barriers to prevent this from happening. + * + * Thus, switch_mm needs a full barrier between the + * store to mm_cpumask and any operation that could load + * from next->pgd. TLB fills are special and can happen + * due to instruction fetches or for no reason at all, + * and neither LOCK nor MFENCE orders them. + * Fortunately, load_cr3() is serializing and gives the + * ordering guarantee we need. + * + */ load_cr3(next->pgd); + trace_tlb_flush(TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH, TLB_FLUSH_ALL); /* Stop flush ipis for the previous mm */ @@ -156,10 +184,14 @@ static inline void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next, * schedule, protecting us from simultaneous changes. */ cpumask_set_cpu(cpu, mm_cpumask(next)); + /* * We were in lazy tlb mode and leave_mm disabled * tlb flush IPI delivery. We must reload CR3 * to make sure to use no freed page tables. + * + * As above, load_cr3() is serializing and orders TLB + * fills with respect to the mm_cpumask write. */ load_cr3(next->pgd); trace_tlb_flush(TLB_FLUSH_ON_TASK_SWITCH, TLB_FLUSH_ALL); |