* Boris Ostrovsky <boris.ostrov...@oracle.com> wrote:
> On 06/11/2015 10:07 AM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
>
> >diff --git a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
> >index fb0a9dd1d6e4..e0bf90470d70 100644
> >--- a/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
> >+++ b/arch/x86/mm/pgtable.c
> >@@ -391,6 +391,63 @@ pgd_t *pgd_alloc(struct mm_struct *mm)
> > return NULL;
> > }
> >
> >+/*
> >+ * Initialize the kernel portion of the PGD.
> >+ *
> >+ * This is done separately, because pgd_alloc() happens when
> >+ * the task is not on the task list yet - and PGD updates
> >+ * happen by walking the task list.
> >+ *
> >+ * No locking is needed here, as we just copy over the reference
> >+ * PGD. The reference PGD (pgtable_init) is only ever expanded
> >+ * at the highest, PGD level. Thus any other task extending it
> >+ * will first update the reference PGD, then modify the task PGDs.
> >+ */
> >+void arch_pgd_init_late(struct mm_struct *mm, pgd_t *pgd)
> >+{
> >+ /*
> >+ * This is called after a new MM has been made visible
> >+ * in fork() or exec().
> >+ *
> >+ * This barrier makes sure the MM is visible to new RCU
> >+ * walkers before we initialize it, so that we don't miss
> >+ * updates:
> >+ */
> >+ smp_wmb();
> >+
> >+ /*
> >+ * If the pgd points to a shared pagetable level (either the
> >+ * ptes in non-PAE, or shared PMD in PAE), then just copy the
> >+ * references from swapper_pg_dir:
> >+ */
> >+ if (CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS == 2 ||
> >+ (CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS == 3 && SHARED_KERNEL_PMD) ||
> >+ CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS == 4) {
> >+
> >+ pgd_t *pgd_src = swapper_pg_dir + KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY;
> >+ pgd_t *pgd_dst = pgd + KERNEL_PGD_BOUNDARY;
> >+ int i;
> >+
> >+ for (i = 0; i < KERNEL_PGD_PTRS; i++, pgd_src++, pgd_dst++) {
> >+ /*
> >+ * This is lock-less, so it can race with PGD updates
> >+ * coming from vmalloc() or CPA methods, but it's safe,
> >+ * because:
> >+ *
> >+ * 1) this PGD is not in use yet, we have still not
> >+ * scheduled this task.
> >+ * 2) we only ever extend PGD entries
> >+ *
> >+ * So if we observe a non-zero PGD entry we can copy it,
> >+ * it won't change from under us. Parallel updates (new
> >+ * allocations) will modify our (already visible) PGD:
> >+ */
> >+ if (pgd_val(*pgd_src))
> >+ WRITE_ONCE(*pgd_dst, *pgd_src);
>
>
> This should be set_pgd(pgd_dst, *pgd_src) in order for it to work as a Xen
> PV guest.
Thanks, fixed.
> I don't know whether anything would need to be done wrt WRITE_ONCE. Perhaps
> put
> it into native_set_pgd()?
So this was just write-tearing paranoia at the raw pgd value copy I did which
is
an unusual pattern - but I'll use set_pgd(), as it clearly works and has the
paravirt callback as well.
Thanks,
Ingo
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