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authorPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>2024-04-16 18:50:58 -0700
committerPalmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>2024-04-30 10:35:42 -0700
commit4202f62cb64b8a04782435f1006c322af2d2619b (patch)
tree080886df135391903ff5c530bc08efe5a803dbcc
parent3f45244289398b6f29074fdb91dd164667bb0960 (diff)
parentdecde1fa209323c77a7498e803350c5f3e992d62 (diff)
Merge patch series "riscv: Create and document PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX prctl"
Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com> says: Improve the performance of icache flushing by creating a new prctl flag PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX. The interface is left generic to allow for future expansions such as with the proposed J extension [1]. Documentation is also provided to explain the use case. Patch sent to add PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX to man-pages [2]. [1] https://github.com/riscv/riscv-j-extension [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-man/20240124-fencei_prctl-v1-1-0bddafcef331@rivosinc.com * b4-shazam-merge: cpumask: Add assign cpu documentation: Document PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX prctl riscv: Include riscv_set_icache_flush_ctx prctl riscv: Remove unnecessary irqflags processor.h include Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240312-fencei-v13-0-4b6bdc2bbf32@rivosinc.com Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/riscv/cmodx.rst98
-rw-r--r--Documentation/arch/riscv/index.rst1
-rw-r--r--arch/riscv/include/asm/irqflags.h1
-rw-r--r--arch/riscv/include/asm/mmu.h2
-rw-r--r--arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h10
-rw-r--r--arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h23
-rw-r--r--arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c113
-rw-r--r--arch/riscv/mm/context.c19
-rw-r--r--include/linux/cpumask.h16
-rw-r--r--include/uapi/linux/prctl.h6
-rw-r--r--kernel/sys.c6
11 files changed, 286 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/cmodx.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/cmodx.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1c0ca06b6c97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/cmodx.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+==============================================================================
+Concurrent Modification and Execution of Instructions (CMODX) for RISC-V Linux
+==============================================================================
+
+CMODX is a programming technique where a program executes instructions that were
+modified by the program itself. Instruction storage and the instruction cache
+(icache) are not guaranteed to be synchronized on RISC-V hardware. Therefore, the
+program must enforce its own synchronization with the unprivileged fence.i
+instruction.
+
+However, the default Linux ABI prohibits the use of fence.i in userspace
+applications. At any point the scheduler may migrate a task onto a new hart. If
+migration occurs after the userspace synchronized the icache and instruction
+storage with fence.i, the icache on the new hart will no longer be clean. This
+is due to the behavior of fence.i only affecting the hart that it is called on.
+Thus, the hart that the task has been migrated to may not have synchronized
+instruction storage and icache.
+
+There are two ways to solve this problem: use the riscv_flush_icache() syscall,
+or use the ``PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX`` prctl() and emit fence.i in
+userspace. The syscall performs a one-off icache flushing operation. The prctl
+changes the Linux ABI to allow userspace to emit icache flushing operations.
+
+As an aside, "deferred" icache flushes can sometimes be triggered in the kernel.
+At the time of writing, this only occurs during the riscv_flush_icache() syscall
+and when the kernel uses copy_to_user_page(). These deferred flushes happen only
+when the memory map being used by a hart changes. If the prctl() context caused
+an icache flush, this deferred icache flush will be skipped as it is redundant.
+Therefore, there will be no additional flush when using the riscv_flush_icache()
+syscall inside of the prctl() context.
+
+prctl() Interface
+---------------------
+
+Call prctl() with ``PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX`` as the first argument. The
+remaining arguments will be delegated to the riscv_set_icache_flush_ctx
+function detailed below.
+
+.. kernel-doc:: arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c
+ :identifiers: riscv_set_icache_flush_ctx
+
+Example usage:
+
+The following files are meant to be compiled and linked with each other. The
+modify_instruction() function replaces an add with 0 with an add with one,
+causing the instruction sequence in get_value() to change from returning a zero
+to returning a one.
+
+cmodx.c::
+
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <sys/prctl.h>
+
+ extern int get_value();
+ extern void modify_instruction();
+
+ int main()
+ {
+ int value = get_value();
+ printf("Value before cmodx: %d\n", value);
+
+ // Call prctl before first fence.i is called inside modify_instruction
+ prctl(PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX_ON, PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI, PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_PROCESS);
+ modify_instruction();
+ // Call prctl after final fence.i is called in process
+ prctl(PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX_OFF, PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI, PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_PROCESS);
+
+ value = get_value();
+ printf("Value after cmodx: %d\n", value);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+cmodx.S::
+
+ .option norvc
+
+ .text
+ .global modify_instruction
+ modify_instruction:
+ lw a0, new_insn
+ lui a5,%hi(old_insn)
+ sw a0,%lo(old_insn)(a5)
+ fence.i
+ ret
+
+ .section modifiable, "awx"
+ .global get_value
+ get_value:
+ li a0, 0
+ old_insn:
+ addi a0, a0, 0
+ ret
+
+ .data
+ new_insn:
+ addi a0, a0, 1
diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.rst b/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.rst
index 4dab0cb4b900..eecf347ce849 100644
--- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.rst
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ RISC-V architecture
patch-acceptance
uabi
vector
+ cmodx
features
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/irqflags.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/irqflags.h
index 08d4d6a5b7e9..6fd8cbfcfcc7 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/irqflags.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/irqflags.h
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
#ifndef _ASM_RISCV_IRQFLAGS_H
#define _ASM_RISCV_IRQFLAGS_H
-#include <asm/processor.h>
#include <asm/csr.h>
/* read interrupt enabled status */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/mmu.h
index 355504b37f8e..60be458e94da 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/mmu.h
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ typedef struct {
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
/* A local icache flush is needed before user execution can resume. */
cpumask_t icache_stale_mask;
+ /* Force local icache flush on all migrations. */
+ bool force_icache_flush;
#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
unsigned long exec_fdpic_loadmap;
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
index 0faf5f161f1e..68c3432dc6ea 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@
#endif
#ifndef __ASSEMBLY__
+#include <linux/cpumask.h>
struct task_struct;
struct pt_regs;
@@ -122,6 +123,12 @@ struct thread_struct {
struct __riscv_v_ext_state vstate;
unsigned long align_ctl;
struct __riscv_v_ext_state kernel_vstate;
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+ /* Flush the icache on migration */
+ bool force_icache_flush;
+ /* A forced icache flush is not needed if migrating to the previous cpu. */
+ unsigned int prev_cpu;
+#endif
};
/* Whitelist the fstate from the task_struct for hardened usercopy */
@@ -183,6 +190,9 @@ extern int set_unalign_ctl(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned int val);
#define GET_UNALIGN_CTL(tsk, addr) get_unalign_ctl((tsk), (addr))
#define SET_UNALIGN_CTL(tsk, val) set_unalign_ctl((tsk), (val))
+#define RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX(arg1, arg2) riscv_set_icache_flush_ctx(arg1, arg2)
+extern int riscv_set_icache_flush_ctx(unsigned long ctx, unsigned long per_thread);
+
#endif /* __ASSEMBLY__ */
#endif /* _ASM_RISCV_PROCESSOR_H */
diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
index 7efdb0584d47..7594df37cc9f 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/switch_to.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
#include <linux/jump_label.h>
#include <linux/sched/task_stack.h>
+#include <linux/mm_types.h>
#include <asm/vector.h>
#include <asm/cpufeature.h>
#include <asm/processor.h>
@@ -72,14 +73,36 @@ static __always_inline bool has_fpu(void) { return false; }
extern struct task_struct *__switch_to(struct task_struct *,
struct task_struct *);
+static inline bool switch_to_should_flush_icache(struct task_struct *task)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+ bool stale_mm = task->mm && task->mm->context.force_icache_flush;
+ bool stale_thread = task->thread.force_icache_flush;
+ bool thread_migrated = smp_processor_id() != task->thread.prev_cpu;
+
+ return thread_migrated && (stale_mm || stale_thread);
+#else
+ return false;
+#endif
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+#define __set_prev_cpu(thread) ((thread).prev_cpu = smp_processor_id())
+#else
+#define __set_prev_cpu(thread)
+#endif
+
#define switch_to(prev, next, last) \
do { \
struct task_struct *__prev = (prev); \
struct task_struct *__next = (next); \
+ __set_prev_cpu(__prev->thread); \
if (has_fpu()) \
__switch_to_fpu(__prev, __next); \
if (has_vector()) \
__switch_to_vector(__prev, __next); \
+ if (switch_to_should_flush_icache(__next)) \
+ local_flush_icache_all(); \
((last) = __switch_to(__prev, __next)); \
} while (0)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c b/arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c
index bc61ee5975e4..3ef666c7dfc7 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/cacheflush.c
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
#include <linux/acpi.h>
#include <linux/of.h>
+#include <linux/prctl.h>
#include <asm/acpi.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
@@ -152,3 +153,115 @@ void __init riscv_init_cbo_blocksizes(void)
if (cboz_block_size)
riscv_cboz_block_size = cboz_block_size;
}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+static void set_icache_stale_mask(void)
+{
+ cpumask_t *mask;
+ bool stale_cpu;
+
+ /*
+ * Mark every other hart's icache as needing a flush for
+ * this MM. Maintain the previous value of the current
+ * cpu to handle the case when this function is called
+ * concurrently on different harts.
+ */
+ mask = &current->mm->context.icache_stale_mask;
+ stale_cpu = cpumask_test_cpu(smp_processor_id(), mask);
+
+ cpumask_setall(mask);
+ cpumask_assign_cpu(smp_processor_id(), mask, stale_cpu);
+}
+#endif
+
+/**
+ * riscv_set_icache_flush_ctx() - Enable/disable icache flushing instructions in
+ * userspace.
+ * @ctx: Set the type of icache flushing instructions permitted/prohibited in
+ * userspace. Supported values described below.
+ *
+ * Supported values for ctx:
+ *
+ * * %PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI_ON: Allow fence.i in user space.
+ *
+ * * %PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI_OFF: Disallow fence.i in user space. All threads in
+ * a process will be affected when ``scope == PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_PROCESS``.
+ * Therefore, caution must be taken; use this flag only when you can guarantee
+ * that no thread in the process will emit fence.i from this point onward.
+ *
+ * @scope: Set scope of where icache flushing instructions are allowed to be
+ * emitted. Supported values described below.
+ *
+ * Supported values for scope:
+ *
+ * * %PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_PROCESS: Ensure the icache of any thread in this process
+ * is coherent with instruction storage upon
+ * migration.
+ *
+ * * %PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_THREAD: Ensure the icache of the current thread is
+ * coherent with instruction storage upon
+ * migration.
+ *
+ * When ``scope == PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_PROCESS``, all threads in the process are
+ * permitted to emit icache flushing instructions. Whenever any thread in the
+ * process is migrated, the corresponding hart's icache will be guaranteed to be
+ * consistent with instruction storage. This does not enforce any guarantees
+ * outside of migration. If a thread modifies an instruction that another thread
+ * may attempt to execute, the other thread must still emit an icache flushing
+ * instruction before attempting to execute the potentially modified
+ * instruction. This must be performed by the user-space program.
+ *
+ * In per-thread context (eg. ``scope == PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_THREAD``) only the
+ * thread calling this function is permitted to emit icache flushing
+ * instructions. When the thread is migrated, the corresponding hart's icache
+ * will be guaranteed to be consistent with instruction storage.
+ *
+ * On kernels configured without SMP, this function is a nop as migrations
+ * across harts will not occur.
+ */
+int riscv_set_icache_flush_ctx(unsigned long ctx, unsigned long scope)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+ switch (ctx) {
+ case PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI_ON:
+ switch (scope) {
+ case PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_PROCESS:
+ current->mm->context.force_icache_flush = true;
+ break;
+ case PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_THREAD:
+ current->thread.force_icache_flush = true;
+ break;
+ default:
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ break;
+ case PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI_OFF:
+ switch (scope) {
+ case PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_PROCESS:
+ current->mm->context.force_icache_flush = false;
+
+ set_icache_stale_mask();
+ break;
+ case PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_THREAD:
+ current->thread.force_icache_flush = false;
+
+ set_icache_stale_mask();
+ break;
+ default:
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ break;
+ default:
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+ return 0;
+#else
+ switch (ctx) {
+ case PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI_ON:
+ case PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI_OFF:
+ return 0;
+ default:
+ return -EINVAL;
+ }
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/context.c b/arch/riscv/mm/context.c
index ba8eb3944687..9b6db024103b 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/context.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/context.c
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
#include <asm/tlbflush.h>
#include <asm/cacheflush.h>
#include <asm/mmu_context.h>
+#include <asm/switch_to.h>
#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
@@ -297,21 +298,23 @@ static inline void set_mm(struct mm_struct *prev,
*
* The "cpu" argument must be the current local CPU number.
*/
-static inline void flush_icache_deferred(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int cpu)
+static inline void flush_icache_deferred(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned int cpu,
+ struct task_struct *task)
{
#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
- cpumask_t *mask = &mm->context.icache_stale_mask;
-
- if (cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, mask)) {
- cpumask_clear_cpu(cpu, mask);
+ if (cpumask_test_and_clear_cpu(cpu, &mm->context.icache_stale_mask)) {
/*
* Ensure the remote hart's writes are visible to this hart.
* This pairs with a barrier in flush_icache_mm.
*/
smp_mb();
- local_flush_icache_all();
- }
+ /*
+ * If cache will be flushed in switch_to, no need to flush here.
+ */
+ if (!(task && switch_to_should_flush_icache(task)))
+ local_flush_icache_all();
+ }
#endif
}
@@ -334,5 +337,5 @@ void switch_mm(struct mm_struct *prev, struct mm_struct *next,
set_mm(prev, next, cpu);
- flush_icache_deferred(next, cpu);
+ flush_icache_deferred(next, cpu, task);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/cpumask.h b/include/linux/cpumask.h
index 1c29947db848..9a345d030e4f 100644
--- a/include/linux/cpumask.h
+++ b/include/linux/cpumask.h
@@ -494,6 +494,22 @@ static __always_inline void __cpumask_clear_cpu(int cpu, struct cpumask *dstp)
}
/**
+ * cpumask_assign_cpu - assign a cpu in a cpumask
+ * @cpu: cpu number (< nr_cpu_ids)
+ * @dstp: the cpumask pointer
+ * @bool: the value to assign
+ */
+static __always_inline void cpumask_assign_cpu(int cpu, struct cpumask *dstp, bool value)
+{
+ assign_bit(cpumask_check(cpu), cpumask_bits(dstp), value);
+}
+
+static __always_inline void __cpumask_assign_cpu(int cpu, struct cpumask *dstp, bool value)
+{
+ __assign_bit(cpumask_check(cpu), cpumask_bits(dstp), value);
+}
+
+/**
* cpumask_test_cpu - test for a cpu in a cpumask
* @cpu: cpu number (< nr_cpu_ids)
* @cpumask: the cpumask pointer
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
index 370ed14b1ae0..524d546d697b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/prctl.h
@@ -306,4 +306,10 @@ struct prctl_mm_map {
# define PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_NEXT_MASK 0xc
# define PR_RISCV_V_VSTATE_CTRL_MASK 0x1f
+#define PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX 71
+# define PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI_ON 0
+# define PR_RISCV_CTX_SW_FENCEI_OFF 1
+# define PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_PROCESS 0
+# define PR_RISCV_SCOPE_PER_THREAD 1
+
#endif /* _LINUX_PRCTL_H */
diff --git a/kernel/sys.c b/kernel/sys.c
index f8e543f1e38a..1b7bda0722ca 100644
--- a/kernel/sys.c
+++ b/kernel/sys.c
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@
#ifndef RISCV_V_GET_CONTROL
# define RISCV_V_GET_CONTROL() (-EINVAL)
#endif
+#ifndef RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX
+# define RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX(a, b) (-EINVAL)
+#endif
/*
* this is where the system-wide overflow UID and GID are defined, for
@@ -2757,6 +2760,9 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(prctl, int, option, unsigned long, arg2, unsigned long, arg3,
case PR_RISCV_V_GET_CONTROL:
error = RISCV_V_GET_CONTROL();
break;
+ case PR_RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX:
+ error = RISCV_SET_ICACHE_FLUSH_CTX(arg2, arg3);
+ break;
default:
error = -EINVAL;
break;