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[v4,4/4] membarrier: riscv: Provide core serializing command

Message ID 20240131144936.29190-5-parri.andrea@gmail.com
State New
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Series membarrier: riscv: Core serializing command |

Commit Message

Andrea Parri Jan. 31, 2024, 2:49 p.m. UTC 
  RISC-V uses xRET instructions on return from interrupt and to go back
to user-space; the xRET instruction is not core serializing.

Use FENCE.I for providing core serialization as follows:

 - by calling sync_core_before_usermode() on return from interrupt (cf.
   ipi_sync_core()),

 - via switch_mm() and sync_core_before_usermode() (respectively, for
   uthread->uthread and kthread->uthread transitions) before returning
   to user-space.

On RISC-V, the serialization in switch_mm() is activated by resetting
the icache_stale_mask of the mm at prepare_sync_core_cmd().

Suggested-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>
---
 .../membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt     | 18 +++++++++++-
 MAINTAINERS                                   |  1 +
 arch/riscv/Kconfig                            |  3 ++
 arch/riscv/include/asm/membarrier.h           | 19 ++++++++++++
 arch/riscv/include/asm/sync_core.h            | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
 kernel/sched/core.c                           |  4 +++
 kernel/sched/membarrier.c                     |  4 +++
 7 files changed, 77 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
 create mode 100644 arch/riscv/include/asm/sync_core.h

Comments

Mathieu Desnoyers Jan. 31, 2024, 3:33 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 2024-01-31 09:49, Andrea Parri wrote:
> RISC-V uses xRET instructions on return from interrupt and to go back
> to user-space; the xRET instruction is not core serializing.
> 
> Use FENCE.I for providing core serialization as follows:
> 
>   - by calling sync_core_before_usermode() on return from interrupt (cf.
>     ipi_sync_core()),
> 
>   - via switch_mm() and sync_core_before_usermode() (respectively, for
>     uthread->uthread and kthread->uthread transitions) before returning
>     to user-space.
> 
> On RISC-V, the serialization in switch_mm() is activated by resetting
> the icache_stale_mask of the mm at prepare_sync_core_cmd().
> 
> Suggested-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@dabbelt.com>
> Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@gmail.com>

Reviewed-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
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diff --git a/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt b/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt
index d96b778b87ed8..7425d2b994a39 100644
--- a/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt
+++ b/Documentation/features/sched/membarrier-sync-core/arch-support.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,22 @@ 
 # Rely on implicit context synchronization as a result of exception return
 # when returning from IPI handler, and when returning to user-space.
 #
+# * riscv
+#
+# riscv uses xRET as return from interrupt and to return to user-space.
+#
+# Given that xRET is not core serializing, we rely on FENCE.I for providing
+# core serialization:
+#
+#  - by calling sync_core_before_usermode() on return from interrupt (cf.
+#    ipi_sync_core()),
+#
+#  - via switch_mm() and sync_core_before_usermode() (respectively, for
+#    uthread->uthread and kthread->uthread transitions) before returning
+#    to user-space.
+#
+#  The serialization in switch_mm() is activated by prepare_sync_core_cmd().
+#
 # * x86
 #
 # x86-32 uses IRET as return from interrupt, which takes care of the IPI.
@@ -43,7 +59,7 @@ 
     |    openrisc: | TODO |
     |      parisc: | TODO |
     |     powerpc: |  ok  |
-    |       riscv: | TODO |
+    |       riscv: |  ok  |
     |        s390: |  ok  |
     |          sh: | TODO |
     |       sparc: | TODO |
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 628f3762d97cd..8373ce3e4350a 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -14042,6 +14042,7 @@  L:	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
 S:	Supported
 F:	Documentation/scheduler/membarrier.rst
 F:	arch/*/include/asm/membarrier.h
+F:	arch/*/include/asm/sync_core.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/membarrier.h
 F:	kernel/sched/membarrier.c
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 087abf9e51c69..70836381b9482 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@  config RISCV
 	select ARCH_HAS_GIGANTIC_PAGE
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV
 	select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_CALLBACKS
+	select ARCH_HAS_MEMBARRIER_SYNC_CORE
 	select ARCH_HAS_MMIOWB
 	select ARCH_HAS_NON_OVERLAPPING_ADDRESS_SPACE
 	select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API
+	select ARCH_HAS_PREPARE_SYNC_CORE_CMD
 	select ARCH_HAS_PTE_SPECIAL
 	select ARCH_HAS_SET_DIRECT_MAP if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY if MMU
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX if MMU && !XIP_KERNEL
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_MODULE_RWX if MMU && !XIP_KERNEL
+	select ARCH_HAS_SYNC_CORE_BEFORE_USERMODE
 	select ARCH_HAS_SYSCALL_WRAPPER
 	select ARCH_HAS_TICK_BROADCAST if GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST
 	select ARCH_HAS_UBSAN_SANITIZE_ALL
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/membarrier.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/membarrier.h
index 6c016ebb5020a..47b240d0d596a 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/membarrier.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/membarrier.h
@@ -22,6 +22,25 @@  static inline void membarrier_arch_switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev,
 	/*
 	 * The membarrier system call requires a full memory barrier
 	 * after storing to rq->curr, before going back to user-space.
+	 *
+	 * This barrier is also needed for the SYNC_CORE command when
+	 * switching between processes; in particular, on a transition
+	 * from a thread belonging to another mm to a thread belonging
+	 * to the mm for which a membarrier SYNC_CORE is done on CPU0:
+	 *
+	 *   - [CPU0] sets all bits in the mm icache_stale_mask (in
+	 *     prepare_sync_core_cmd());
+	 *
+	 *   - [CPU1] stores to rq->curr (by the scheduler);
+	 *
+	 *   - [CPU0] loads rq->curr within membarrier and observes
+	 *     cpu_rq(1)->curr->mm != mm, so the IPI is skipped on
+	 *     CPU1; this means membarrier relies on switch_mm() to
+	 *     issue the sync-core;
+	 *
+	 *   - [CPU1] switch_mm() loads icache_stale_mask; if the bit
+	 *     is zero, switch_mm() may incorrectly skip the sync-core.
+	 *
 	 * Matches a full barrier in the proximity of the membarrier
 	 * system call entry.
 	 */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/sync_core.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sync_core.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9153016da8f14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/sync_core.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ 
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */
+#ifndef _ASM_RISCV_SYNC_CORE_H
+#define _ASM_RISCV_SYNC_CORE_H
+
+/*
+ * RISC-V implements return to user-space through an xRET instruction,
+ * which is not core serializing.
+ */
+static inline void sync_core_before_usermode(void)
+{
+	asm volatile ("fence.i" ::: "memory");
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+/*
+ * Ensure the next switch_mm() on every CPU issues a core serializing
+ * instruction for the given @mm.
+ */
+static inline void prepare_sync_core_cmd(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+	cpumask_setall(&mm->context.icache_stale_mask);
+}
+#else
+static inline void prepare_sync_core_cmd(struct mm_struct *mm)
+{
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_SMP */
+
+#endif /* _ASM_RISCV_SYNC_CORE_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index a972628e77567..e4a87bcf28d40 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -6721,6 +6721,10 @@  static void __sched notrace __schedule(unsigned int sched_mode)
 		 *
 		 * The barrier matches a full barrier in the proximity of
 		 * the membarrier system call entry.
+		 *
+		 * On RISC-V, this barrier pairing is also needed for the
+		 * SYNC_CORE command when switching between processes, cf.
+		 * the inline comments in membarrier_arch_switch_mm().
 		 */
 		++*switch_count;
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
index 6d1f31b3a967b..703e8d80a576d 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/membarrier.c
@@ -342,6 +342,10 @@  static int membarrier_private_expedited(int flags, int cpu_id)
 	/*
 	 * Matches memory barriers after rq->curr modification in
 	 * scheduler.
+	 *
+	 * On RISC-V, this barrier pairing is also needed for the
+	 * SYNC_CORE command when switching between processes, cf.
+	 * the inline comments in membarrier_arch_switch_mm().
 	 */
 	smp_mb();	/* system call entry is not a mb. */