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John David Anglin dabf89052e parisc: Fix ordering of cache and TLB flushes
commit 0adb24e03a upstream.

The change to flush_kernel_vmap_range() wasn't sufficient to avoid the
SMP stalls.  The problem is some drivers call these routines with
interrupts disabled.  Interrupts need to be enabled for flush_tlb_all()
and flush_cache_all() to work.  This version adds checks to ensure
interrupts are not disabled before calling routines that need IPI
interrupts.  When interrupts are disabled, we now drop into slower code.

The attached change fixes the ordering of cache and TLB flushes in
several cases.  When we flush the cache using the existing PTE/TLB
entries, we need to flush the TLB after doing the cache flush.  We don't
need to do this when we flush the entire instruction and data caches as
these flushes don't use the existing TLB entries.  The same is true for
tmpalias region flushes.

The flush_kernel_vmap_range() and invalidate_kernel_vmap_range()
routines have been updated.

Secondly, we added a new purge_kernel_dcache_range_asm() routine to
pacache.S and use it in invalidate_kernel_vmap_range().  Nominally,
purges are faster than flushes as the cache lines don't have to be
written back to memory.

Hopefully, this is sufficient to resolve the remaining problems due to
cache speculation.  So far, testing indicates that this is the case.  I
did work up a patch using tmpalias flushes, but there is a performance
hit because we need the physical address for each page, and we also need
to sequence access to the tmpalias flush code.  This increases the
probability of stalls.

Signed-off-by: John David Anglin <dave.anglin@bell.net>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.9+
Signed-off-by: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
2018-03-08 22:41:05 -08:00
arch parisc: Fix ordering of cache and TLB flushes 2018-03-08 22:41:05 -08:00
block block: drain queue before waiting for q_usage_counter becoming zero 2018-03-03 10:24:35 +01:00
certs License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
crypto crypto: af_alg - Fix race around ctx->rcvused by making it atomic_t 2018-03-03 10:24:29 +01:00
Documentation ext4: correct documentation for grpid mount option 2018-02-22 15:42:26 +01:00
drivers mmc: dw_mmc: Fix out-of-bounds access for slot's caps 2018-03-08 22:41:03 -08:00
firmware License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
fs xfs: quota: check result of register_shrinker() 2018-03-03 10:24:33 +01:00
include net_sched: get rid of rcu_barrier() in tcf_block_put_ext() 2018-03-03 10:24:39 +01:00
init kmemcheck: stop using GFP_NOTRACK and SLAB_NOTRACK 2018-02-22 15:42:23 +01:00
ipc License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
kernel timers: Forward timer base before migrating timers 2018-03-08 22:41:04 -08:00
lib lib/mpi: Fix umul_ppmm() for MIPS64r6 2018-03-03 10:24:29 +01:00
mm mm/frame_vector.c: release a semaphore in 'get_vaddr_frames()' 2018-03-03 10:24:21 +01:00
net net: sched: fix use-after-free in tcf_block_put_ext 2018-03-03 10:24:39 +01:00
samples samples/bpf: adjust rlimit RLIMIT_MEMLOCK for xdp1 2017-12-20 10:10:31 +01:00
scripts scripts/kernel-doc: Don't fail with status != 0 if error encountered with -none 2018-02-25 11:07:58 +01:00
security selinux: skip bounded transition processing if the policy isn't loaded 2018-02-25 11:07:49 +01:00
sound ALSA: hda - Fix pincfg at resume on Lenovo T470 dock 2018-03-08 22:41:02 -08:00
tools perf test: Fix test 21 for s390x 2018-02-25 11:07:55 +01:00
usr initramfs: fix initramfs rebuilds w/ compression after disabling 2017-11-03 07:39:19 -07:00
virt KVM: arm/arm64: Fix spinlock acquisition in vgic_set_owner 2018-02-25 11:07:56 +01:00
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.gitignore kbuild: rpm-pkg: keep spec file until make mrproper 2018-02-13 10:19:46 +01:00
.mailmap .mailmap: Add Maciej W. Rozycki's Imagination e-mail address 2017-11-10 12:16:15 -08:00
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CREDITS MAINTAINERS: update TPM driver infrastructure changes 2017-11-09 17:58:40 -08:00
Kbuild License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
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MAINTAINERS kmemcheck: rip it out 2018-02-22 15:42:24 +01:00
Makefile Linux 4.14.24 2018-03-03 10:24:39 +01:00
README README: add a new README file, pointing to the Documentation/ 2016-10-24 08:12:35 -02:00

Linux kernel
============

This file was moved to Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst

Please notice that there are several guides for kernel developers and users.
These guides can be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
See Documentation/00-INDEX for a list of what is contained in each file.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.