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>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Nikos Nikoleris <nikos.nikoleris@arm.com>,
Linu Cherian <linu.cherian@arm.com>,
Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
David Hildenbrand <david@kernel.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 v2 17/20 DO-NOT-MERGE] arm64: Implement try_populate_vmemmap_pmd using AF trick
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2026 00:21:20 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261003002123.505555-18-jthoughton@google.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261003002123.505555-1-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 BBML3, there is no need to use the AF
trick.
Signed-off-by: James Houghton <jthoughton@google.com>
---
This patch is the main questionable piece of this "DO-NOT-MERGE" part of
the series. It's unclear if the Arm ARM truly requires hardware
implementations not to cache anything about AF=0 Block translations.
---
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 0263329fb7b3..7e304f01ce6d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgalloc.h
@@ -124,9 +124,54 @@ pmd_populate(struct mm_struct *mm, pmd_t *pmdp, pgtable_t ptep)
static inline int try_populate_vmemmap_pmd(unsigned long addr, pmd_t *pmdp,
pte_t *pgtable)
{
- /* BBLM3 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_bbm_through_af())
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
+ if (system_supports_bbml3()) {
+ /*
+ * BBML3 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
--
2.56.0.rc1.315.gc6ed9934b7-goog
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-03 0:21 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-03 0:21 [PATCH v2 00/20] Another attempt at HVO support on arm64 James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 01/20] hugetlb: Don't restore vmemmap of non-HVOed folios on bulk restore error James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 02/20] arm64/pgtable: Clear AF with LDCLR on supported systems James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 03/20] hugetlb_vmemmap: Always flush TLB if needed upon PTE remapping James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 04/20] hugetlb_vmemmap: Leave pages partially HVOed upon restore failure James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 05/20] hugetlb_vmemmap: Use try_update_vmemmap_pte to update in-use PTEs James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 06/20] hugetlb_vmemmap: Allow architectures to dynamically disallow HVO James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 07/20] hugetlb_vmemmap: Disable HVO sysctl if arch doesn't support HVO James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 08/20] hugetlb: Fully initialize tail struct pages of non-pre-HVOed bootmem folios James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 09/20] hugetlb_vmemmap: Allow architectures to make HVO enablement boot-time only James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 10/20] hugetlb_vmemmap: Expose whether HVO is enabled to architecture code James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 11/20] arm64: Add bbm_through_af capability James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 12/20] arm64: Implement try_update_vmemmap_pte using the AF trick James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 13/20] arm64: Support hugetlb vmemmap optimization James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 14/20] hugetlb_vmemmap: Add fault injection for in-place vmemmap PTE updates James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 15/20] selftests/mm: Add HugeTLB vmemmap optimization stress test James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 16/20 DO-NOT-MERGE] hugetlb_vmemmap: Use try_populate_vmemmap_pmd for replacing in-use PMDs James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` James Houghton [this message]
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 18/20 DO-NOT-MERGE] arm64: Drop BBML3 requirement for HVO James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 19/20 DO-NOT-MERGE] hugetlb_vmemmap: Add fault injection for in-place vmemmap PMD splits James Houghton
2026-10-03 0:21 ` [PATCH v2 20/20 DO-NOT-MERGE] selftests/mm: Add HVO pmd-split fault injection tests James Houghton
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