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<entry>
<title>powerpc/book3s64: Fix branching to OOL handlers in relocatable kernel</title>
<updated>2016-06-08T01:14:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hari Bathini</name>
<email>hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2016-04-15T12:48:02+00:00</published>
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commit 8ed8ab40047a570fdd8043a40c104a57248dd3fd upstream.

Some of the interrupt vectors on 64-bit POWER server processors are only
32 bytes long (8 instructions), which is not enough for the full
first-level interrupt handler. For these we need to branch to an
out-of-line (OOL) handler. But when we are running a relocatable kernel,
interrupt vectors till __end_interrupts marker are copied down to real
address 0x100. So, branching to labels (ie. OOL handlers) outside this
section must be handled differently (see LOAD_HANDLER()), considering
relocatable kernel, which would need at least 4 instructions.

However, branching from interrupt vector means that we corrupt the
CFAR (come-from address register) on POWER7 and later processors as
mentioned in commit 1707dd16. So, EXCEPTION_PROLOG_0 (6 instructions)
that contains the part up to the point where the CFAR is saved in the
PACA should be part of the short interrupt vectors before we branch out
to OOL handlers.

But as mentioned already, there are interrupt vectors on 64-bit POWER
server processors that are only 32 bytes long (like vectors 0x4f00,
0x4f20, etc.), which cannot accomodate the above two cases at the same
time owing to space constraint. Currently, in these interrupt vectors,
we simply branch out to OOL handlers, without using LOAD_HANDLER(),
which leaves us vulnerable when running a relocatable kernel (eg. kdump
case). While this has been the case for sometime now and kdump is used
widely, we were fortunate not to see any problems so far, for three
reasons:

  1. In almost all cases, production kernel (relocatable) is used for
     kdump as well, which would mean that crashed kernel's OOL handler
     would be at the same place where we end up branching to, from short
     interrupt vector of kdump kernel.
  2. Also, OOL handler was unlikely the reason for crash in almost all
     the kdump scenarios, which meant we had a sane OOL handler from
     crashed kernel that we branched to.
  3. On most 64-bit POWER server processors, page size is large enough
     that marking interrupt vector code as executable (see commit
     429d2e83) leads to marking OOL handler code from crashed kernel,
     that sits right below interrupt vector code from kdump kernel, as
     executable as well.

Let us fix this by moving the __end_interrupts marker down past OOL
handlers to make sure that we also copy OOL handlers to real address
0x100 when running a relocatable kernel.

This fix has been tested successfully in kdump scenario, on an LPAR with
4K page size by using different default/production kernel and kdump
kernel.

Also tested by manually corrupting the OOL handlers in the first kernel
and then kdump'ing, and then causing the OOL handlers to fire - mpe.

Fixes: c1fb6816fb1b ("powerpc: Add relocation on exception vector handlers")
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini &lt;hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar &lt;mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 8ed8ab40047a570fdd8043a40c104a57248dd3fd upstream.

Some of the interrupt vectors on 64-bit POWER server processors are only
32 bytes long (8 instructions), which is not enough for the full
first-level interrupt handler. For these we need to branch to an
out-of-line (OOL) handler. But when we are running a relocatable kernel,
interrupt vectors till __end_interrupts marker are copied down to real
address 0x100. So, branching to labels (ie. OOL handlers) outside this
section must be handled differently (see LOAD_HANDLER()), considering
relocatable kernel, which would need at least 4 instructions.

However, branching from interrupt vector means that we corrupt the
CFAR (come-from address register) on POWER7 and later processors as
mentioned in commit 1707dd16. So, EXCEPTION_PROLOG_0 (6 instructions)
that contains the part up to the point where the CFAR is saved in the
PACA should be part of the short interrupt vectors before we branch out
to OOL handlers.

But as mentioned already, there are interrupt vectors on 64-bit POWER
server processors that are only 32 bytes long (like vectors 0x4f00,
0x4f20, etc.), which cannot accomodate the above two cases at the same
time owing to space constraint. Currently, in these interrupt vectors,
we simply branch out to OOL handlers, without using LOAD_HANDLER(),
which leaves us vulnerable when running a relocatable kernel (eg. kdump
case). While this has been the case for sometime now and kdump is used
widely, we were fortunate not to see any problems so far, for three
reasons:

  1. In almost all cases, production kernel (relocatable) is used for
     kdump as well, which would mean that crashed kernel's OOL handler
     would be at the same place where we end up branching to, from short
     interrupt vector of kdump kernel.
  2. Also, OOL handler was unlikely the reason for crash in almost all
     the kdump scenarios, which meant we had a sane OOL handler from
     crashed kernel that we branched to.
  3. On most 64-bit POWER server processors, page size is large enough
     that marking interrupt vector code as executable (see commit
     429d2e83) leads to marking OOL handler code from crashed kernel,
     that sits right below interrupt vector code from kdump kernel, as
     executable as well.

Let us fix this by moving the __end_interrupts marker down past OOL
handlers to make sure that we also copy OOL handlers to real address
0x100 when running a relocatable kernel.

This fix has been tested successfully in kdump scenario, on an LPAR with
4K page size by using different default/production kernel and kdump
kernel.

Also tested by manually corrupting the OOL handlers in the first kernel
and then kdump'ing, and then causing the OOL handlers to fire - mpe.

Fixes: c1fb6816fb1b ("powerpc: Add relocation on exception vector handlers")
Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini &lt;hbathini@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar &lt;mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>powerpc: Non relocatable system call doesn't need a trampoline</title>
<updated>2015-06-02T03:26:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Anton Blanchard</name>
<email>anton@samba.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-05-26T05:46:55+00:00</published>
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We need to use a trampoline when using LOAD_HANDLER(), because the
destination needs to be in the first 64kB. An absolute branch has
no such limitations, so just jump there.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard &lt;anton@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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We need to use a trampoline when using LOAD_HANDLER(), because the
destination needs to be in the first 64kB. An absolute branch has
no such limitations, so just jump there.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard &lt;anton@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Relocatable system call no longer uses the LR</title>
<updated>2015-06-02T03:26:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Anton Blanchard</name>
<email>anton@samba.org</email>
</author>
<published>2015-05-26T05:46:54+00:00</published>
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We had some code to restore the LR in the relocatable system call path
back when we used the LR to do an indirect branch.

Commit 6a404806dfce ("powerpc: Avoid link stack corruption in MMU
on syscall entry path") changed this to use the CTR which is volatile
across system calls so does not need restoring.

Remove the stale comment and the restore of the LR.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard &lt;anton@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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We had some code to restore the LR in the relocatable system call path
back when we used the LR to do an indirect branch.

Commit 6a404806dfce ("powerpc: Avoid link stack corruption in MMU
on syscall entry path") changed this to use the CTR which is volatile
across system calls so does not need restoring.

Remove the stale comment and the restore of the LR.

Signed-off-by: Anton Blanchard &lt;anton@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/book3s: Fix the MCE code to use CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER</title>
<updated>2015-03-23T06:10:47+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mahesh Salgaonkar</name>
<email>mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2015-03-17T10:44:41+00:00</published>
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commit id 2ba9f0d has changed CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV to tristate to allow
HV/PR bits to be built as modules. But the MCE code still depends on
CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV which is wrong. When user selects
CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV=m to build HV/PR bits as a separate module the
relevant MCE code gets excluded.

This patch fixes the MCE code to use CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER. This
makes sure that the relevant MCE code is included when HV/PR bits
are built as a separate modules.

Fixes: 2ba9f0d88750 ("kvm: powerpc: book3s: Support building HV and PR KVM as module")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org  # v3.14+
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar &lt;mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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commit id 2ba9f0d has changed CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV to tristate to allow
HV/PR bits to be built as modules. But the MCE code still depends on
CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV which is wrong. When user selects
CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HV=m to build HV/PR bits as a separate module the
relevant MCE code gets excluded.

This patch fixes the MCE code to use CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_64_HANDLER. This
makes sure that the relevant MCE code is included when HV/PR bits
are built as a separate modules.

Fixes: 2ba9f0d88750 ("kvm: powerpc: book3s: Support building HV and PR KVM as module")
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org  # v3.14+
Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar &lt;mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powernv/powerpc: Add winkle support for offline cpus</title>
<updated>2014-12-14T23:46:41+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Shreyas B. Prabhu</name>
<email>shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-09T18:56:53+00:00</published>
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Winkle is a deep idle state supported in power8 chips. A core enters
winkle when all the threads of the core enter winkle. In this state
power supply to the entire chiplet i.e core, private L2 and private L3
is turned off. As a result it gives higher powersavings compared to
sleep.

But entering winkle results in a total hypervisor state loss. Hence the
hypervisor context has to be preserved before entering winkle and
restored upon wake up.

Power-on Reset Engine (PORE) is a dedicated engine which is responsible
for powering on the chiplet during wake up. It can be programmed to
restore the register contests of a few specific registers. This patch
uses PORE to restore register state wherever possible and uses stack to
save and restore rest of the necessary registers.

With hypervisor state restore things fall under three categories-
per-core state, per-subcore state and per-thread state. To manage this,
extend the infrastructure introduced for sleep. Mainly we add a paca
variable subcore_sibling_mask. Using this and the core_idle_state we can
distingush first thread in core and subcore.

Signed-off-by: Shreyas B. Prabhu &lt;shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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Winkle is a deep idle state supported in power8 chips. A core enters
winkle when all the threads of the core enter winkle. In this state
power supply to the entire chiplet i.e core, private L2 and private L3
is turned off. As a result it gives higher powersavings compared to
sleep.

But entering winkle results in a total hypervisor state loss. Hence the
hypervisor context has to be preserved before entering winkle and
restored upon wake up.

Power-on Reset Engine (PORE) is a dedicated engine which is responsible
for powering on the chiplet during wake up. It can be programmed to
restore the register contests of a few specific registers. This patch
uses PORE to restore register state wherever possible and uses stack to
save and restore rest of the necessary registers.

With hypervisor state restore things fall under three categories-
per-core state, per-subcore state and per-thread state. To manage this,
extend the infrastructure introduced for sleep. Mainly we add a paca
variable subcore_sibling_mask. Using this and the core_idle_state we can
distingush first thread in core and subcore.

Signed-off-by: Shreyas B. Prabhu &lt;shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>powernv/cpuidle: Redesign idle states management</title>
<updated>2014-12-14T23:46:40+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Shreyas B. Prabhu</name>
<email>shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-09T18:56:52+00:00</published>
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Deep idle states like sleep and winkle are per core idle states. A core
enters these states only when all the threads enter either the
particular idle state or a deeper one. There are tasks like fastsleep
hardware bug workaround and hypervisor core state save which have to be
done only by the last thread of the core entering deep idle state and
similarly tasks like timebase resync, hypervisor core register restore
that have to be done only by the first thread waking up from these
state.

The current idle state management does not have a way to distinguish the
first/last thread of the core waking/entering idle states. Tasks like
timebase resync are done for all the threads. This is not only is
suboptimal, but can cause functionality issues when subcores and kvm is
involved.

This patch adds the necessary infrastructure to track idle states of
threads in a per-core structure. It uses this info to perform tasks like
fastsleep workaround and timebase resync only once per core.

Signed-off-by: Shreyas B. Prabhu &lt;shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Originally-by: Preeti U. Murthy &lt;preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rjw@rjwysocki.net&gt;
Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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Deep idle states like sleep and winkle are per core idle states. A core
enters these states only when all the threads enter either the
particular idle state or a deeper one. There are tasks like fastsleep
hardware bug workaround and hypervisor core state save which have to be
done only by the last thread of the core entering deep idle state and
similarly tasks like timebase resync, hypervisor core register restore
that have to be done only by the first thread waking up from these
state.

The current idle state management does not have a way to distinguish the
first/last thread of the core waking/entering idle states. Tasks like
timebase resync are done for all the threads. This is not only is
suboptimal, but can cause functionality issues when subcores and kvm is
involved.

This patch adds the necessary infrastructure to track idle states of
threads in a per-core structure. It uses this info to perform tasks like
fastsleep workaround and timebase resync only once per core.

Signed-off-by: Shreyas B. Prabhu &lt;shreyas@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Originally-by: Preeti U. Murthy &lt;preeti@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Cc: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Cc: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
Cc: Rafael J. Wysocki &lt;rjw@rjwysocki.net&gt;
Cc: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org
Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/powernv: Return to cpu offline loop when finished in KVM guest</title>
<updated>2014-12-08T02:16:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Paul Mackerras</name>
<email>paulus@samba.org</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-03T03:48:40+00:00</published>
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When a secondary hardware thread has finished running a KVM guest, we
currently put that thread into nap mode using a nap instruction in
the KVM code.  This changes the code so that instead of doing a nap
instruction directly, we instead cause the call to power7_nap() that
put the thread into nap mode to return.  The reason for doing this is
to avoid having the KVM code having to know what low-power mode to
put the thread into.

In the case of a secondary thread used to run a KVM guest, the thread
will be offline from the point of view of the host kernel, and the
relevant power7_nap() call is the one in pnv_smp_cpu_disable().
In this case we don't want to clear pending IPIs in the offline loop
in that function, since that might cause us to miss the wakeup for
the next time the thread needs to run a guest.  To tell whether or
not to clear the interrupt, we use the SRR1 value returned from
power7_nap(), and check if it indicates an external interrupt.  We
arrange that the return from power7_nap() when we have finished running
a guest returns 0, so pending interrupts don't get flushed in that
case.

Note that it is important a secondary thread that has finished
executing in the guest, or that didn't have a guest to run, should
not return to power7_nap's caller while the kvm_hstate.hwthread_req
flag in the PACA is non-zero, because the return from power7_nap
will reenable the MMU, and the MMU might still be in guest context.
In this situation we spin at low priority in real mode waiting for
hwthread_req to become zero.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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When a secondary hardware thread has finished running a KVM guest, we
currently put that thread into nap mode using a nap instruction in
the KVM code.  This changes the code so that instead of doing a nap
instruction directly, we instead cause the call to power7_nap() that
put the thread into nap mode to return.  The reason for doing this is
to avoid having the KVM code having to know what low-power mode to
put the thread into.

In the case of a secondary thread used to run a KVM guest, the thread
will be offline from the point of view of the host kernel, and the
relevant power7_nap() call is the one in pnv_smp_cpu_disable().
In this case we don't want to clear pending IPIs in the offline loop
in that function, since that might cause us to miss the wakeup for
the next time the thread needs to run a guest.  To tell whether or
not to clear the interrupt, we use the SRR1 value returned from
power7_nap(), and check if it indicates an external interrupt.  We
arrange that the return from power7_nap() when we have finished running
a guest returns 0, so pending interrupts don't get flushed in that
case.

Note that it is important a secondary thread that has finished
executing in the guest, or that didn't have a guest to run, should
not return to power7_nap's caller while the kvm_hstate.hwthread_req
flag in the PACA is non-zero, because the return from power7_nap
will reenable the MMU, and the MMU might still be in guest context.
In this situation we spin at low priority in real mode waiting for
hwthread_req to become zero.

Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc/mm: don't do tlbie for updatepp request with NO HPTE fault</title>
<updated>2014-12-05T05:26:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Aneesh Kumar K.V</name>
<email>aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-04T05:30:14+00:00</published>
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upatepp can get called for a nohpte fault when we find from the linux
page table that the translation was hashed before. In that case
we are sure that there is no existing translation, hence we could
avoid doing tlbie.

We could possibly race with a parallel fault filling the TLB. But
that should be ok because updatepp is only ever relaxing permissions.
We also look at linux pte permission bits when filling hash pte
permission bits. We also hold the linux pte busy bits while
inserting/updating a hashpte entry, hence a paralle update of
linux pte is not possible. On the other hand mprotect involves
ptep_modify_prot_start which cause a hpte invalidate and not updatepp.

Performance number:
We use randbox_access_bench written by Anton.

Kernel with THP disabled and smaller hash page table size.

    86.60%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_hpte_updatepp
     2.10%  random_access_b  random_access_bench              [.] doit
     1.99%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .do_raw_spin_lock
     1.85%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_hpte_insert
     1.26%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_flush_hash_range
     1.18%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .__delay
     0.69%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_hpte_remove
     0.37%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .clear_user_page
     0.34%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .__hash_page_64K
     0.32%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] fast_exception_return
     0.30%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .hash_page_mm

With Fix:

    27.54%  random_access_b  random_access_bench              [.] doit
    22.90%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_hpte_insert
     5.76%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_hpte_remove
     5.20%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] fast_exception_return
     5.12%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .__hash_page_64K
     4.80%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .hash_page_mm
     3.31%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] data_access_common
     1.84%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .trace_hardirqs_on_caller

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V &lt;aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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upatepp can get called for a nohpte fault when we find from the linux
page table that the translation was hashed before. In that case
we are sure that there is no existing translation, hence we could
avoid doing tlbie.

We could possibly race with a parallel fault filling the TLB. But
that should be ok because updatepp is only ever relaxing permissions.
We also look at linux pte permission bits when filling hash pte
permission bits. We also hold the linux pte busy bits while
inserting/updating a hashpte entry, hence a paralle update of
linux pte is not possible. On the other hand mprotect involves
ptep_modify_prot_start which cause a hpte invalidate and not updatepp.

Performance number:
We use randbox_access_bench written by Anton.

Kernel with THP disabled and smaller hash page table size.

    86.60%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_hpte_updatepp
     2.10%  random_access_b  random_access_bench              [.] doit
     1.99%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .do_raw_spin_lock
     1.85%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_hpte_insert
     1.26%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_flush_hash_range
     1.18%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .__delay
     0.69%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_hpte_remove
     0.37%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .clear_user_page
     0.34%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .__hash_page_64K
     0.32%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] fast_exception_return
     0.30%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .hash_page_mm

With Fix:

    27.54%  random_access_b  random_access_bench              [.] doit
    22.90%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_hpte_insert
     5.76%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .native_hpte_remove
     5.20%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] fast_exception_return
     5.12%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .__hash_page_64K
     4.80%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .hash_page_mm
     3.31%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] data_access_common
     1.84%  random_access_b  [kernel.kallsyms]                [k] .trace_hardirqs_on_caller

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V &lt;aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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<entry>
<title>powerpc/powernv: Cleanup unused MCE definitions/declarations.</title>
<updated>2014-12-02T00:03:45+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Mahesh Salgaonkar</name>
<email>mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-11-24T16:29:26+00:00</published>
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Cleanup OpalMCE_* definitions/declarations and other related code which
is not used anymore.

Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar &lt;mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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Cleanup OpalMCE_* definitions/declarations and other related code which
is not used anymore.

Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar &lt;mahesh@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Acked-by: Benjamin Herrrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt &lt;benh@kernel.crashing.org&gt;
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</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>powerpc: Save/restore PPR for KVM hypercalls</title>
<updated>2014-11-12T04:53:25+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Suresh E. Warrier</name>
<email>warrier@linux.vnet.ibm.com</email>
</author>
<published>2014-11-03T04:46:42+00:00</published>
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The system call FLIH (first-level interrupt handler) at 0xc00
unconditionally sets hardware priority to medium. For hypercalls, this
means we lose guest OS priority. The front end (do_kvm_0x**) to the
KVM interrupt handler always assumes that PPR priority is saved in
PACA exception save area, so it copies this to the kvm_hstate
structure. For hypercalls, this would be the saved priority from any
previous exception. Eventually, the guest gets resumed with an
incorrect priority.

The fix is to save the PPR priority in PACA exception save area before
switching HMT priorities in the FLIH so that existing code described above
in the KVM interrupt handler can copy it from there into the VCPU's saved
context.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Warrier &lt;warrier@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
[mpe: Dropped HMT_MEDIUM_PPR_DISCARD and reworded comment]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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The system call FLIH (first-level interrupt handler) at 0xc00
unconditionally sets hardware priority to medium. For hypercalls, this
means we lose guest OS priority. The front end (do_kvm_0x**) to the
KVM interrupt handler always assumes that PPR priority is saved in
PACA exception save area, so it copies this to the kvm_hstate
structure. For hypercalls, this would be the saved priority from any
previous exception. Eventually, the guest gets resumed with an
incorrect priority.

The fix is to save the PPR priority in PACA exception save area before
switching HMT priorities in the FLIH so that existing code described above
in the KVM interrupt handler can copy it from there into the VCPU's saved
context.

Signed-off-by: Suresh Warrier &lt;warrier@linux.vnet.ibm.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Paul Mackerras &lt;paulus@samba.org&gt;
[mpe: Dropped HMT_MEDIUM_PPR_DISCARD and reworded comment]
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman &lt;mpe@ellerman.id.au&gt;
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</content>
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