From: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
To: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>,
Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
Muchun Song <muchun.song@linux.dev>,
Oscar Salvador <osalvador@suse.de>
Cc: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>,
Linu Cherian <linu.cherian@arm.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.org>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>,
Nanyong Sun <sunnanyong@huawei.com>, Yu Zhao <yuzhao@google.com>,
Frank van der Linden <fvdl@google.com>,
David Rientjes <rientjes@google.com>,
James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH 12/18] arm64: Implement try_populate_vmemmap_pmd using AF trick
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2026 03:11:22 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260708031129.3503195-13-jthoughton@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260708031129.3503195-1-jthoughton@google.com>
This routine is to be used for updating in-use, leaf-level PMDs in the
vmemmap without introducing a window where vmemmap accesses might fault.
Implementing this on arm64 requires some care: use the same access flag
trick that is used for vmemmap PTE updates. HAFT is not needed and the
TLB flushing routine remains identical, as we are not overwriting a
non-leaf PMD.
For systems that support BBML2_NOABORT, there is no need to use the AF
trick.
Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
---
arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h | 51 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 48 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
index c8946250d431..26b05f8b70cd 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -125,9 +125,54 @@ pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp, pgtable_t ptep)
static inline int try_populate_vmemmap_pmd(pmd_t *pmdp, pte_t *pgtable,
unsigned long addr)
{
- /* BBML2_NOABORT is required. Its presence has been checked. */
- pmd_populate_kernel(&init_mm, pmdp, pgtable);
- return 0;
+ const int max_attempts = 16;
+ int attempts = 0;
+ pmd_t old_pmd, new_pmd;
+
+ if (!system_supports_hvo())
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ if (system_supports_bbml2_noabort()) {
+ /*
+ * BBML2_NOABORT allows block->table transitions if the PTEs
+ * underneath do not conflict with existing, potentially cached
+ * translations.
+ */
+ pmd_populate_kernel(&init_mm, pmdp, pgtable);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ new_pmd = __pmd(__phys_to_pmd_val(__pa(pgtable)) |
+ PMD_TYPE_TABLE | PMD_TABLE_AF | PMD_TABLE_UXN);
+
+ old_pmd = pmdp_get(pmdp);
+
+ do {
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_valid(old_pmd)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!pmd_leaf(old_pmd)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ /* We should never get a contiguous PMD here. */
+ if (WARN_ON_ONCE(pmd_cont(old_pmd)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ if (pmd_young(old_pmd)) {
+ /* __ptep_clear_young() returns the overwritten PTE */
+ old_pmd = pte_pmd(pte_mkold(__ptep_clear_young((pte_t *)pmdp)));
+
+ flush_tlb_kernel_range(addr, addr + PMD_SIZE);
+ }
+ /*
+ * Translations without AF cannot be cached, so we can replace
+ * them without BBM.
+ */
+ } while (!try_cmpxchg_relaxed(&pmd_val(*pmdp), &pmd_val(old_pmd),
+ pmd_val(new_pmd)) &&
+ ++attempts < max_attempts);
+
+ return attempts == max_attempts ? -EAGAIN : 0;
}
#endif
--
2.55.0.795.g602f6c329a-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-07-08 3:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 26+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-07-08 3:11 [PATCH 00/18] Another attempt at HVO support on arm64 James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 01/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Always flush TLB if needed upon PTE remapping James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 02/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Move vmemmap_get_tail up James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 03/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Leave pages partially HVOed upon restore failure James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 04/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Use try_update_vmemmap_pte to update in-use PTEs James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 05/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Allow architectures not to allow HVO at runtime James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 06/18] arm64: Rename cpu_has_hw_af to system_has_hw_af James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 07/18] arm64: Add system_supports_hvo James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 08/18] arm64: Implement try_update_vmemmap_pte using the AF trick James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 09/18] arm64: Prevent HVO if the HVO system feature is not enabled James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 10/18] arm64: Support hugetlb vmemmap optimization James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 11/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Use try_populate_vmemmap_pmd for replacing in-use PMDs James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` James Houghton [this message]
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 13/18] arm64: Drop BBML2_NOABORT requirement for HVO James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 14/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Rename mm/hugetlb_vmemmap.h to mm/hugetlb_vmemmap_internal.h James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 15/18] hugetlb_vmemmap: Add a way to permanently disable HVO when needed James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 16/18] arm64: Allow "optional" CPU features to be required sometimes James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 17/18] arm64: Permit onlining of HVO-incompatible late CPUs if HVO is not in use James Houghton
2026-07-08 3:11 ` [PATCH 18/18] arm64: Remove user-selectable HVO Kconfig James Houghton
2026-07-08 8:40 ` [PATCH 00/18] Another attempt at HVO support on arm64 Muchun Song
2026-07-08 16:49 ` James Houghton
2026-07-09 9:54 ` Muchun Song
2026-07-09 19:04 ` James Houghton
2026-07-10 3:40 ` Muchun Song
2026-07-09 9:58 ` David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-07-10 4:58 ` Muchun Song
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