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x86, pmem: fix broken __copy_user_nocache cache-bypass assumptions

Before we rework the "pmem api" to stop abusing __copy_user_nocache() for memcpy_to_pmem() we need to fix cases where we may strand dirty data in the cpu cache. The problem occurs when copy_from_iter_pmem() is used for arbitrary data transfers from userspace. There is no guarantee that these transfers, performed by dax_iomap_actor(), will have aligned destinations or aligned transfer lengths. Backstop the usage __copy_user_nocache() with explicit cache management in these unaligned cases. Yes, copy_from_iter_pmem() is now too big for an inline, but addressing that is saved for a later patch that moves the entirety of the "pmem api" into the pmem driver directly.

Dan Williams committed 9 years ago

Commit 11e63f61 parent 956a4cd1 file · +31 −11Browse files

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arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h+31−11
@@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ static inline int arch_memcpy_from_pmem(void *dst, const void *src, size_t n) · 54 unmodified lines
55 * @size: number of bytes to write back55 * @size: number of bytes to write back
56 *56 *
57 * Write back a cache range using the CLWB (cache line write back)57 * Write back a cache range using the CLWB (cache line write back)
58 * instruction.58 * instruction. Note that @size is internally rounded up to be cache
59 * line size aligned.
59 */60 */
60static inline void arch_wb_cache_pmem(void *addr, size_t size)61static inline void arch_wb_cache_pmem(void *addr, size_t size)
61{62{
@@ -69,15 +70,6 @@ static inline void arch_wb_cache_pmem(void *addr, size_t size) · 7 unmodified lines
69 clwb(p);70 clwb(p);
70}71}
71 72
72/*
73 * copy_from_iter_nocache() on x86 only uses non-temporal stores for iovec
74 * iterators, so for other types (bvec & kvec) we must do a cache write-back.
75 */
76static inline bool __iter_needs_pmem_wb(struct iov_iter *i)
77{
78 return iter_is_iovec(i) == false;
79}
80
81/**73/**
82 * arch_copy_from_iter_pmem - copy data from an iterator to PMEM74 * arch_copy_from_iter_pmem - copy data from an iterator to PMEM
83 * @addr: PMEM destination address75 * @addr: PMEM destination address
@@ -94,7 +86,35 @@ static inline size_t arch_copy_from_iter_pmem(void *addr, size_t bytes, · 10 unmodified lines
94 /* TODO: skip the write-back by always using non-temporal stores */86 /* TODO: skip the write-back by always using non-temporal stores */
95 len = copy_from_iter_nocache(addr, bytes, i);87 len = copy_from_iter_nocache(addr, bytes, i);
96 88
97 if (__iter_needs_pmem_wb(i))89 /*
90 * In the iovec case on x86_64 copy_from_iter_nocache() uses
91 * non-temporal stores for the bulk of the transfer, but we need
92 * to manually flush if the transfer is unaligned. A cached
93 * memory copy is used when destination or size is not naturally
94 * aligned. That is:
95 * - Require 8-byte alignment when size is 8 bytes or larger.
96 * - Require 4-byte alignment when size is 4 bytes.
97 *
98 * In the non-iovec case the entire destination needs to be
99 * flushed.
100 */
101 if (iter_is_iovec(i)) {
102 unsigned long flushed, dest = (unsigned long) addr;
103
104 if (bytes < 8) {
105 if (!IS_ALIGNED(dest, 4) || (bytes != 4))
106 arch_wb_cache_pmem(addr, 1);
107 } else {
108 if (!IS_ALIGNED(dest, 8)) {
109 dest = ALIGN(dest, boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size);
110 arch_wb_cache_pmem(addr, 1);
111 }
112
113 flushed = dest - (unsigned long) addr;
114 if (bytes > flushed && !IS_ALIGNED(bytes - flushed, 8))
115 arch_wb_cache_pmem(addr + bytes - 1, 1);
116 }
117 } else
98 arch_wb_cache_pmem(addr, bytes);118 arch_wb_cache_pmem(addr, bytes);
99 119
100 return len;120 return len;