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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 04/11] tcg: Prepare safe access to tb_flushed
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Sergey Fedorov |
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Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 04/11] tcg: Prepare safe access to tb_flushed out of tb_lock |
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Thu, 14 Jul 2016 15:55:38 +0300 |
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On 14/07/16 15:45, Alex Bennée wrote:
> Sergey Fedorov <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> From: Sergey Fedorov <address@hidden>
>>
>> Ensure atomicity of CPU's 'tb_flushed' access for future translation
>> block lookup out of 'tb_lock'.
>>
>> This field can only be touched from another thread by tb_flush() in user
>> mode emulation. So the only access to be atomic is:
>> * a single write in tb_flush();
>> * reads/writes out of 'tb_lock'.
> It might worth mentioning the barrier here.
Do you mean atomic_set() vs. atomic_mb_set()?
>
>> In future, before enabling MTTCG in system mode, tb_flush() must be safe
>> and this field becomes unnecessary.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sergey Fedorov <address@hidden>
>> Signed-off-by: Sergey Fedorov <address@hidden>
>> ---
>> cpu-exec.c | 16 +++++++---------
>> translate-all.c | 4 ++--
>> 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/cpu-exec.c b/cpu-exec.c
>> index d6178eab71d4..c973e3b85922 100644
>> --- a/cpu-exec.c
>> +++ b/cpu-exec.c
>> @@ -338,13 +338,6 @@ static inline TranslationBlock *tb_find_fast(CPUState
>> *cpu,
>> tb->flags != flags)) {
>> tb = tb_find_slow(cpu, pc, cs_base, flags);
>> }
>> - if (cpu->tb_flushed) {
>> - /* Ensure that no TB jump will be modified as the
>> - * translation buffer has been flushed.
>> - */
>> - *last_tb = NULL;
>> - cpu->tb_flushed = false;
>> - }
>> #ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
>> /* We don't take care of direct jumps when address mapping changes in
>> * system emulation. So it's not safe to make a direct jump to a TB
>> @@ -356,7 +349,12 @@ static inline TranslationBlock *tb_find_fast(CPUState
>> *cpu,
>> #endif
>> /* See if we can patch the calling TB. */
>> if (last_tb && !qemu_loglevel_mask(CPU_LOG_TB_NOCHAIN)) {
>> - tb_add_jump(last_tb, tb_exit, tb);
>> + /* Check if translation buffer has been flushed */
>> + if (cpu->tb_flushed) {
>> + cpu->tb_flushed = false;
>> + } else {
>> + tb_add_jump(last_tb, tb_exit, tb);
>> + }
>> }
>> tb_unlock();
>> return tb;
>> @@ -618,7 +616,7 @@ int cpu_exec(CPUState *cpu)
>> }
>>
>> last_tb = NULL; /* forget the last executed TB after exception
>> */
>> - cpu->tb_flushed = false; /* reset before first TB lookup */
>> + atomic_mb_set(&cpu->tb_flushed, false); /* reset before first
>> TB lookup */
>> for(;;) {
>> cpu_handle_interrupt(cpu, &last_tb);
>> tb = tb_find_fast(cpu, last_tb, tb_exit);
>> diff --git a/translate-all.c b/translate-all.c
>> index fdf520a86d68..788fed1e0765 100644
>> --- a/translate-all.c
>> +++ b/translate-all.c
>> @@ -845,7 +845,6 @@ void tb_flush(CPUState *cpu)
>> > tcg_ctx.code_gen_buffer_size) {
>> cpu_abort(cpu, "Internal error: code buffer overflow\n");
>> }
>> - tcg_ctx.tb_ctx.nb_tbs = 0;
>>
>> CPU_FOREACH(cpu) {
>> int i;
>> @@ -853,9 +852,10 @@ void tb_flush(CPUState *cpu)
>> for (i = 0; i < TB_JMP_CACHE_SIZE; ++i) {
>> atomic_set(&cpu->tb_jmp_cache[i], NULL);
>> }
>> - cpu->tb_flushed = true;
>> + atomic_mb_set(&cpu->tb_flushed, true);
>> }
>>
>> + tcg_ctx.tb_ctx.nb_tbs = 0;
>> qht_reset_size(&tcg_ctx.tb_ctx.htable, CODE_GEN_HTABLE_SIZE);
> I can see the sense of moving the setting of nb_tbs but is it strictly
> required as part of this patch?
Yes, otherwise tb_alloc() may start allocation TBs from the beginning of
the translation buffer before 'tb_flushed' is updated.
Kind regards,
Sergey
>
>> page_flush_tb();
> Otherwise:
>
> Reviewed-by: Alex Bennée <address@hidden>
>
> --
> Alex Bennée
- Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 01/11] util/qht: Document memory ordering assumptions, (continued)
Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 01/11] util/qht: Document memory ordering assumptions, Paolo Bonzini, 2016/07/13
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 03/11] tcg: Prepare safe tb_jmp_cache lookup out of tb_lock, Sergey Fedorov, 2016/07/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 02/11] cpu-exec: Pass last_tb by value to tb_find_fast(), Sergey Fedorov, 2016/07/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 04/11] tcg: Prepare safe access to tb_flushed out of tb_lock, Sergey Fedorov, 2016/07/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 05/11] target-i386: Remove redundant HF_SOFTMMU_MASK, Sergey Fedorov, 2016/07/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 08/11] tcg: set up tb->page_addr before insertion, Sergey Fedorov, 2016/07/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 07/11] tcg: Prepare TB invalidation for lockless TB lookup, Sergey Fedorov, 2016/07/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 09/11] tcg: cpu-exec: remove tb_lock from the hot-path, Sergey Fedorov, 2016/07/12
[Qemu-devel] [PATCH v3 06/11] tcg: Introduce tb_mark_invalid() and tb_is_invalid(), Sergey Fedorov, 2016/07/12