From: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
To: davem@davemloft.net, andreas@gaisler.com
Cc: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
linmag7@gmail.com, stable@vger.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 6/9] sparc32: colour-align private file mappings
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2026 23:34:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261108223516.1125534-7-linmag7@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261108223516.1125534-1-linmag7@gmail.com>
arch_get_unmapped_area() aligns MAP_SHARED so a file page is mapped at the
colour its page offset implies, but gives MAP_PRIVATE an align_mask of
zero. A private file mapping therefore lands at an arbitrary colour, and
on a virtually indexed cache it aliases any other mapping of the same
page.
Measured on an SS-20 with a 512 KB VAC: every page of a private file
mapping sat at the wrong colour, 64 of 64, at three different offsets.
Align them as sparc64 does, whenever there is a file rather than only when
the mapping is shared. MAP_FIXED is left alone: the ELF loader places
segments with MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED at addresses that need not preserve
colour, so rejecting those makes execve() fail.
Reference: MBus Interface Specification, SPARC International, 1997, signal
VA[19:12] (MAD[53:46]).
This changes alignment on HyperSPARC, where SHMLBA follows the VAC size.
Each private file mapping can consume up to SHMLBA of extra virtual space.
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Magnus Lindholm <linmag7@gmail.com>
---
arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c | 17 +++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c
index fb31bc0c5b48..e1530cee15b2 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_32.c
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(getpagesize)
return PAGE_SIZE; /* Possibly older binaries want 8192 on sun4's? */
}
+/*
+ * A file page reached at two colours is two cache lines, so a kernel-chosen
+ * mapping of one sits at the colour its page offset implies - private too.
+ */
+static bool sparc_needs_colour_align(struct file *filp, unsigned long flags)
+{
+ return filp || (flags & MAP_SHARED);
+}
+
unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsigned long len, unsigned long pgoff, unsigned long flags, vm_flags_t vm_flags)
{
struct vm_unmapped_area_info info = {};
@@ -50,7 +59,11 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsi
if (flags & MAP_FIXED) {
/* We do not accept a shared mapping if it would violate
- * cache aliasing constraints.
+ * cache aliasing constraints. Private file mappings are not
+ * rejected here: the ELF loader places segments with
+ * MAP_FIXED at offsets that need not preserve colour, and
+ * refusing them makes execve() fail. sparc64 draws the line
+ * in the same place.
*/
if (!file_hugepage && (flags & MAP_SHARED) &&
((addr - (pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT)) & (SHMLBA - 1)))
@@ -68,7 +81,7 @@ unsigned long arch_get_unmapped_area(struct file *filp, unsigned long addr, unsi
info.low_limit = addr;
info.high_limit = TASK_SIZE;
if (!file_hugepage) {
- info.align_mask = (flags & MAP_SHARED) ?
+ info.align_mask = sparc_needs_colour_align(filp, flags) ?
(PAGE_MASK & (SHMLBA - 1)) : 0;
info.align_offset = pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
} else {
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-11-08 22:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-11-08 22:34 [PATCH 0/9] sparc32: repair cache hooks, mappings and TLB tracking Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-08 22:34 ` [PATCH 1/9] sparc32: inspect every PROM CPU cache geometry Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-08 22:34 ` [PATCH 2/9] sparc32: flush the source user alias in copy_user_highpage() Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-08 22:34 ` [PATCH 3/9] sparc32: do not flush a NULL address in flush_dcache_folio Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-08 22:34 ` [PATCH 4/9] sparc32: flush the cache when a kmap_local mapping is installed Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-08 22:34 ` [PATCH 5/9] sparc32: preset modified and referenced bits in kmap PTEs Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-08 22:34 ` Magnus Lindholm [this message]
2026-11-08 22:34 ` [PATCH 7/9] sparc32: implement flush_anon_page Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-08 22:34 ` [PATCH 8/9] sparc32: retain mm_cpumask across TLB shootdowns Magnus Lindholm
2026-11-08 22:34 ` [PATCH 9/9] sparc32: enroll and order CPUs before switching address spaces Magnus Lindholm
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