From: "Li Zhe" <lizhe.67@bytedance.com>
To: <tglx@kernel.org>, <mingo@redhat.com>, <bp@alien8.de>,
<dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>, <hpa@zytor.com>,
<akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: <x86@kernel.org>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
"Li Zhe" <lizhe.67@bytedance.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/lib: make clean_cache_range() zero-size safe
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2026 15:11:25 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260903071125.1946-1-lizhe.67@bytedance.com> (raw)
clean_cache_range() writes back each cache line in the range
[addr, addr + size). A zero-size range is empty and should not perform
any cache maintenance operation.
As pointed out by Sashiko [1], clean_cache_range(addr, 0) currently can
still execute one CLWB when addr is not cache-line aligned. With size 0,
vend is equal to addr. However, the loop starts from the
cacheline-aligned address containing addr. If addr is not cacheline
aligned, that rounded-down start is below vend, so the loop can execute
one CLWB even though the requested range is empty.
That gives zero-size callers observable side effects. For example,
arch_wb_cache_pmem(addr, 0) should not write back any cache line, and
memcpy_flushcache(dst, src, 0) should preserve the usual zero-length
copy semantics. If the rounded-down line is not mapped, the stray CLWB
can also fault.
Return immediately from clean_cache_range() for size 0.
[1] https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260831111638.76012-1-lizhe.67@bytedance.com
Signed-off-by: Li Zhe <lizhe.67@bytedance.com>
---
arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c | 3 +++
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
index c47d8cd0e243..5adf772cbf04 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ static void clean_cache_range(void *addr, size_t size)
void *vend = addr + size;
void *p;
+ if (!size)
+ return;
+
for (p = (void *)((unsigned long)addr & ~clflush_mask);
p < vend; p += x86_clflush_size)
clwb(p);
--
2.20.1
next reply other threads:[~2026-09-03 7:12 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 7:11 Li Zhe [this message]
2026-09-03 16:29 ` Andrew Morton
2026-09-04 7:54 ` Li Zhe
2026-09-06 2:14 ` Andrew Morton
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