Re: [PATCH 6/6] x86: Use clwb in drm_clflush_virt_range

Borislav Petkov
2014-11-13T17:11:44Z

On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 08:38:23AM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> On Nov 13, 2014 3:20 AM, "Borislav Petkov" <bp@alien8.de> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 07:14:21PM -0800, Andy Lutomirski wrote:
> > > On 11/11/2014 10:43 AM, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> > > > If clwb is available on the system, use it in drm_clflush_virt_range.
> > > > If clwb is not available, fall back to clflushopt if you can.
> > > > If clflushopt is not supported, fall all the way back to clflush.
> > >
> > > I don't know exactly what drm_clflush_virt_range (and the other
> > > functions you're modifying similarly) are for, but it seems plausible to
> > > me that they're used before reads to make sure that non-coherent memory
> > > sees updated data. If that's true, then this will break it.
> >
> > Why would it break it? The updated cachelines will be in memory and
> > subsequent reads will be serviced from the cache instead from going to
> > memory as it is not invalidated as it would be by CLFLUSH.
> >
> > /me is puzzled.
>
> Suppose you map some device memory WB, and then the device
> non-coherently updates. If you want the CPU to see it, you need
> clflush or clflushopt. Some architectures might do this for
> dma_sync_single_for_cpu with DMA_FROM_DEVICE.

Ah, you're talking about the other way around - the device does the
writes. Well, the usage sites are all in i915*, maybe we should ask
them - it looks to me like this is only the CPU making stuff visible in
the shared buffer but I don't know that code... intel-gfx CCed although
dri-devel is already on CC.

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Boris.

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