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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>
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] alpha: fix the local TLB invalidate in flush_tlb_page()
Date: Sun,  9 Aug 2026 10:49:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260809085208.3262799-4-linmag7@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260809085208.3262799-1-linmag7@gmail.com>

flush_tlb_page() invalidates the calling CPU itself before asking the
others, and gates that on current->active_mm. For a non-executable vma
that means a targeted tbi(2, addr), which acts on the context currently
loaded, so as in the IPI handler it reaches nothing when only active_mm
names the mm, and nothing forces the old ASN to be retired afterwards.

Test current->mm instead. When no thread of the mm is current, clear
mm->context[cpu] so a fresh ASN is taken at the next switch. That also
covers the case where the mm is not this CPU's active_mm at all: the CPU
may still hold translations for it, and smp_call_function() does not call
back into the caller.

Reached in practice by folio_mkclean() from the writeback flusher
kworker, which has no mm of its own: about half the calls during
writeback of a shared mapping, and none at all on anonymous memory.

flush_tlb_mm() does not need the same active_mm to current->mm change,
because its active_mm path loads a new context rather than issuing a
targeted tbi(). It does have the separate caller-CPU omission when the
target mm is not active_mm; that is fixed in the following patch.

Signed-off-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
---
 arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
index 0dfe29b59039..d167b3ba1303 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/smp.c
@@ -696,7 +696,15 @@ flush_tlb_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 
 	preempt_disable();
 
-	if (mm == current->active_mm) {
+	/*
+	 * As in ipi_flush_tlb_page(): the targeted tbi() reaches MM's
+	 * translations only when a thread of MM is current, so test
+	 * current->mm.  Otherwise - lazily borrowing MM, or not running it
+	 * at all - clear mm->context[cpu] so a fresh ASN is taken at the
+	 * next switch.  smp_call_function() below does not call back into
+	 * this CPU, so this is the only chance to retire what it holds.
+	 */
+	if (mm == current->mm) {
 		flush_tlb_current_page(mm, vma, addr);
 		if (atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1) {
 			int cpu, this_cpu = smp_processor_id();
@@ -709,6 +717,8 @@ flush_tlb_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr)
 			preempt_enable();
 			return;
 		}
+	} else {
+		flush_tlb_other(mm);
 	}
 
 	data.vma = vma;
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-09  8:55 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-09  8:49 [PATCH 0/6] alpha: fix stale TLB translations breaking copy-on-write and writeback Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-09  8:49 ` [PATCH 1/6] alpha: run check_mmu_context() from finish_arch_post_lock_switch() Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-10  2:37   ` Matt Turner
2026-08-10  2:40     ` Matt Turner
2026-08-10  6:15       ` Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-09  8:49 ` [PATCH 2/6] alpha: only use a targeted tbi() when the target mm is really current Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-09  8:49 ` Magnus Lindholm [this message]
2026-08-10  2:43   ` [PATCH 3/6] alpha: fix the local TLB invalidate in flush_tlb_page() Matt Turner
2026-08-10  6:26     ` Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-09  8:49 ` [PATCH 4/6] alpha: only use a targeted tbi() when the target mm is really current (UP) Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-10  2:45   ` Matt Turner
2026-08-10  6:42     ` Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-09  8:49 ` [PATCH 5/6] alpha: invalidate the local context in flush_tlb_mm() Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-09  8:49 ` [PATCH 6/6] alpha: invalidate the local context in flush_icache_user_page() Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-10  3:03   ` Matt Turner
2026-08-10  6:11     ` Magnus Lindholm
2026-08-10  2:35 ` [PATCH 0/6] alpha: fix stale TLB translations breaking copy-on-write and writeback Matt Turner
2026-08-10  7:24   ` Magnus Lindholm

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