With smaller hash page table config, we would end up in situation where we would be replacing hash page table slot frequently. In such config, we will find the hpte to be not matching, and we can do that check without holding the hpte lock. We need to recheck the hpte again after holding lock.
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.ku...@linux.vnet.ibm.com> --- arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c | 24 +++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c index ae4962a06476..83c6bb12be14 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/hash_native_64.c @@ -294,8 +294,6 @@ static long native_hpte_updatepp(unsigned long slot, unsigned long newpp, DBG_LOW(" update(vpn=%016lx, avpnv=%016lx, group=%lx, newpp=%lx)", vpn, want_v & HPTE_V_AVPN, slot, newpp); - native_lock_hpte(hptep); - hpte_v = be64_to_cpu(hptep->v); /* * We need to invalidate the TLB always because hpte_remove doesn't do @@ -308,16 +306,24 @@ static long native_hpte_updatepp(unsigned long slot, unsigned long newpp, DBG_LOW(" -> miss\n"); ret = -1; } else { - DBG_LOW(" -> hit\n"); - /* Update the HPTE */ - hptep->r = cpu_to_be64((be64_to_cpu(hptep->r) & ~(HPTE_R_PP | HPTE_R_N)) | - (newpp & (HPTE_R_PP | HPTE_R_N | HPTE_R_C))); + native_lock_hpte(hptep); + /* recheck with locks held */ + hpte_v = be64_to_cpu(hptep->v); + if (unlikely(!HPTE_V_COMPARE(hpte_v, want_v) || + !(hpte_v & HPTE_V_VALID))) { + ret = -1; + } else { + DBG_LOW(" -> hit\n"); + /* Update the HPTE */ + hptep->r = cpu_to_be64((be64_to_cpu(hptep->r) & + ~(HPTE_R_PP | HPTE_R_N)) | + (newpp & (HPTE_R_PP | HPTE_R_N | + HPTE_R_C))); + } + native_unlock_hpte(hptep); } - native_unlock_hpte(hptep); - /* Ensure it is out of the tlb too. */ tlbie(vpn, bpsize, apsize, ssize, local); - return ret; } -- 2.1.0 _______________________________________________ Linuxppc-dev mailing list Linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev