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From: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
To: richard.henderson@linaro.org, mattst88@gmail.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org
Cc: glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de, mcree@orcon.net.nz,
	ink@unseen.parts, macro@orcam.me.uk,
	Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>,
	stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 6/7] alpha: invalidate the local context in flush_tlb_mm()
Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:34:57 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260810193902.3286353-7-linmag7@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260810193902.3286353-1-linmag7@gmail.com>

flush_tlb_mm() has the same caller-CPU omission that was fixed in
flush_tlb_page(): when the target mm is not the calling CPU's active_mm
nothing happens locally, and smp_call_function() handles only the other
CPUs, so this CPU may later reuse the old ASN together with the
translations it still holds.

The active_mm test itself is left alone here. That path calls
flush_tlb_current(), which loads a fresh context through
__load_new_mm_context() rather than issuing a targeted tbi() against
whatever ASN happens to be loaded, so it does not depend on which context
is current.

The uniprocessor implementation in asm/tlbflush.h already has the missing
branch. Counted over a fork-heavy run, flush_tlb_mm() was entered with the
mm not this CPU's active_mm 2934 times, and 632 times while otherwise idle.

Fixes: 1da177e4c3f4 ("Linux-2.6.12-rc2")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
---
 arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
index a5a42ae4a7d8..988e397b0b8a 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
@@ -649,6 +649,9 @@ flush_tlb_mm(struct mm_struct *mm)
 			preempt_enable();
 			return;
 		}
+	} else {
+		/* smp_call_function() does not call back into this CPU.  */
+		flush_tlb_other(mm);
 	}
 
 	smp_call_function(ipi_flush_tlb_mm, mm, 1);
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-10 19:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-10 19:34 [PATCH v2 0/7] alpha: fix stale TLB translations breaking copy-on-write and writeback Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-10 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] alpha: run check_mmu_context() from finish_arch_post_lock_switch() Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-10 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] alpha: only use a targeted tbi() when the target mm is really current Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-10 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] alpha: fix the local TLB invalidate in flush_tlb_page() Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-10 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] alpha: invalidate the local context " Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-10 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] alpha: fix the local TLB invalidate in the UP flush_tlb_page() Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-10 19:34 ` Magnus Lindholm [this message]
2026-08-10 19:34 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] alpha: invalidate the local context in flush_icache_user_page() Magnus Lindholm

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