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arm64/cpufeature: Convert hook_lock to raw_spin_lock_t in cpu_enable_ssbs()

Message ID 20190530113058.1988-1-julien.grall@arm.com
State Accepted
Commit 27e6e7d63fc2b43334ce79070a727a9ca6e58700
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Series arm64/cpufeature: Convert hook_lock to raw_spin_lock_t in cpu_enable_ssbs() | expand

Commit Message

Julien Grall May 30, 2019, 11:30 a.m. UTC
cpu_enable_ssbs() is called via stop_machine() as part of the cpu_enable
callback. A spin lock is used to ensure the hook is registered before
the rest of the callback is executed.

On -RT spin_lock() may sleep. However, all the callees in stop_machine()
are expected to not sleep. Therefore a raw_spin_lock() is required here.

Given this is already done under stop_machine() and the work done under
the lock is quite small, the latency should not increase too much.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>


---

It was noticed when looking at the current use of spin_lock in
arch/arm64. I don't have a platform calling that callback, so I have
hacked the code to reproduce the error and check it is now fixed.
---
 arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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2.11.0

Comments

Julien Grall May 30, 2019, 1:55 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Will,

On 5/30/19 1:01 PM, Will Deacon wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:30:58PM +0100, Julien Grall wrote:

>> cpu_enable_ssbs() is called via stop_machine() as part of the cpu_enable

>> callback. A spin lock is used to ensure the hook is registered before

>> the rest of the callback is executed.

>>

>> On -RT spin_lock() may sleep. However, all the callees in stop_machine()

>> are expected to not sleep. Therefore a raw_spin_lock() is required here.

>>

>> Given this is already done under stop_machine() and the work done under

>> the lock is quite small, the latency should not increase too much.

>>

>> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>

>>

>> ---

>>

>> It was noticed when looking at the current use of spin_lock in

>> arch/arm64. I don't have a platform calling that callback, so I have

>> hacked the code to reproduce the error and check it is now fixed.

>> ---

>>   arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c | 6 +++---

>>   1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

>>

>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c

>> index ca27e08e3d8a..2a7159fda3ce 100644

>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c

>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c

>> @@ -1194,14 +1194,14 @@ static struct undef_hook ssbs_emulation_hook = {

>>   static void cpu_enable_ssbs(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *__unused)

>>   {

>>   	static bool undef_hook_registered = false;

>> -	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(hook_lock);

>> +	static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(hook_lock);

>>   

>> -	spin_lock(&hook_lock);

>> +	raw_spin_lock(&hook_lock);

>>   	if (!undef_hook_registered) {

>>   		register_undef_hook(&ssbs_emulation_hook);

>>   		undef_hook_registered = true;

>>   	}

>> -	spin_unlock(&hook_lock);

>> +	raw_spin_unlock(&hook_lock);

> 

> Makes sense to me. We could probably avoid the lock entirely if we wanted

> to (via atomic_dec_if_positive), but I'm not sure it's really worth it.


I would prefer to remove the lock if it is possible. However, I was 
under the impression the lock is necessary so the hook is registered 
before any CPU attempt to configure the PSTATE.

Cheers,

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Julien Grall
Catalin Marinas June 4, 2019, 1:49 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, May 30, 2019 at 12:30:58PM +0100, Julien Grall wrote:
> cpu_enable_ssbs() is called via stop_machine() as part of the cpu_enable

> callback. A spin lock is used to ensure the hook is registered before

> the rest of the callback is executed.

> 

> On -RT spin_lock() may sleep. However, all the callees in stop_machine()

> are expected to not sleep. Therefore a raw_spin_lock() is required here.

> 

> Given this is already done under stop_machine() and the work done under

> the lock is quite small, the latency should not increase too much.

> 

> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@arm.com>


Queued for 5.3. Thanks.

-- 
Catalin
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diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
index ca27e08e3d8a..2a7159fda3ce 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/cpufeature.c
@@ -1194,14 +1194,14 @@  static struct undef_hook ssbs_emulation_hook = {
 static void cpu_enable_ssbs(const struct arm64_cpu_capabilities *__unused)
 {
 	static bool undef_hook_registered = false;
-	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(hook_lock);
+	static DEFINE_RAW_SPINLOCK(hook_lock);
 
-	spin_lock(&hook_lock);
+	raw_spin_lock(&hook_lock);
 	if (!undef_hook_registered) {
 		register_undef_hook(&ssbs_emulation_hook);
 		undef_hook_registered = true;
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&hook_lock);
+	raw_spin_unlock(&hook_lock);
 
 	if (arm64_get_ssbd_state() == ARM64_SSBD_FORCE_DISABLE) {
 		sysreg_clear_set(sctlr_el1, 0, SCTLR_ELx_DSSBS);