From: "Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
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Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>, Qi Zheng <qi.zheng@linux.dev>,
"Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)" <ljs@kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 08/12] mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE for sh-X2
Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2026 13:32:17 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260908-rcu-pagetable-freeing-v2-8-1f60b64e878e@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260908-rcu-pagetable-freeing-v2-0-1f60b64e878e@kernel.org>
Currently, non-x2 sh specifies CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE allowing
RCU page table freeing.
sh-X2 is problematic because it utilises slab-allocated PMD page tables,
and thus tlb_remove_ptdesc() cannot be used in these cases.
All other sh variants are fine as commit e3ecf7c7d082 ("mm: pgtable:
convert some architectures to use tlb_remove_ptdesc()") already converted
page table freeing to use tlb_remove_ptdesc(), which does so after an RCU
grace period when CONFIG_MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE is specified.
Resolve this issue by firstly specifying CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TLB_REMOVE_TABLE
for sh-X2, so the arch can provide its own __tlb_remove_table()
implementation (called after the RCU grace period).
Then, convert __pmd_free_tlb() to tag the pointer to the PMD, and have
__tlb_remove_table() check this tag to determine whether to free via the
slab or to use pagetable_dtor_free().
This follows the pattern used by sparc64 as implemented in commit
4a0100f7546f ("sparc64: use RCU page table freeing").
Previously __pmd_free_tlb() freed PMD page tables immediately, before any
TLB flush IPI. This seems to be a pre-existing bug, which this change also
resolves.
CONFIG_HAVE_ARCH_TLB_REMOVE_TABLE is only specified for sh-X2, as setting
it disables CONFIG_PT_RECLAIM and causes __tlb_remove_table_one() to call
tlb_remove_table_sync_rcu() and synchronize_rcu() in turn, and this is not
necessary for other sh variants.
This forms part of an overall effort to switch every architecture to this
mode.
Signed-off-by: Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) <ljs@kernel.org>
---
arch/sh/Kconfig | 3 ++-
arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 6 +++++-
arch/sh/mm/pgtable.c | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 204f64912f0e..75236bef6f16 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ config SUPERH
select HAVE_ARCH_AUDITSYSCALL
select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
select HAVE_ARCH_SECCOMP_FILTER
+ select HAVE_ARCH_TLB_REMOVE_TABLE if X2TLB
select HAVE_ARCH_TRACEHOOK
select HAVE_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE
select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ config SUPERH
select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
select LOCK_MM_AND_FIND_VMA
- select MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE if MMU && !X2TLB
+ select MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE if MMU
select MODULES_USE_ELF_RELA
select NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
select NO_DMA if !MMU && !DMA_COHERENT
diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index 6fe7123d38fa..67ce7fa23fa1 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -17,7 +17,11 @@ extern void pgd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd);
extern void pud_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pud_t *pudp, pmd_t *pmd);
extern pmd_t *pmd_alloc_one(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long address);
extern void pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd);
-#define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb, pmdp, addr) pmd_free((tlb)->mm, (pmdp))
+extern void __tlb_remove_table(void *table);
+
+/* PMDs are slab-allocated, tag so they are freed correctly. */
+#define __pmd_free_tlb(tlb, pmdp, addr) \
+ tlb_remove_table((tlb), (void *)((unsigned long)(pmdp) | 1))
#endif
static inline void pmd_populate_kernel(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd,
diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/sh/mm/pgtable.c
index 3a4085ea0161..f6184b86b89c 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/pgtable.c
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/pgtable.c
@@ -56,4 +56,24 @@ void pmd_free(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmd)
{
kmem_cache_free(pmd_cachep, pmd);
}
+
+static void __tlb_remove_table_slab(void *table)
+{
+ kmem_cache_free(pmd_cachep, table);
+}
+
+static void __tlb_remove_table_pgtable(void *table)
+{
+ pagetable_dtor_free(table);
+}
+
+void __tlb_remove_table(void *table)
+{
+ const unsigned long addr = (unsigned long)table;
+
+ if (addr & 1)
+ __tlb_remove_table_slab((void *)(addr & ~1UL));
+ else
+ __tlb_remove_table_pgtable(table);
+}
#endif /* PAGETABLE_LEVELS > 2 */
--
2.55.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-08 12:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-08 12:32 [PATCH v2 00/12] mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 01/12] mm/huge_memory: zap deposited page tables after an RCU grace period Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 02/12] mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE for most 2-level architectures Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 03/12] mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE for MMU riscv Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 04/12] mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE for MMU arm Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 05/12] mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE for arc, microblaze, xtensa Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 06/12] mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE for sparc64 Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 07/12] mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE for m68k-coldfire Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM) [this message]
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 09/12] mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE for m68k-motorola Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 10/12] mm: enable MMU_GATHER_RCU_TABLE_FREE for sparc32 Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 11/12] mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-09 9:15 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-09-09 16:44 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-08 12:32 ` [PATCH v2 12/12] mm: change the contract for free_pgtables(), update docs Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-09 9:24 ` Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-09-09 16:42 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
2026-09-09 9:26 ` [PATCH v2 00/12] mm: make userland page table freeing RCU-safe Kiryl Shutsemau
2026-09-09 11:07 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
[not found] ` <20260908141543.8180b60400d38b70d249949b@linux-foundation.org>
2026-09-09 11:24 ` Lorenzo Stoakes (ARM)
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