Re: [PATCH v2 12/12] x86/traps: Fix up invalid PASID

From: Fenghua Yu
Date: Tue Jun 16 2020 - 19:23:48 EST


Hi, Peter,

On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 09:09:28PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 11:55:29AM -0700, Fenghua Yu wrote:
>
> > Or do you suggest to add a random new flag in struct thread_info instead
> > of a TIF flag?
>
> Why thread_info? What's wrong with something simple like the below. It
> takes a bit from the 'strictly current' flags word.
>
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
> index b62e6aaf28f0..fca830b97055 100644
> --- a/include/linux/sched.h
> +++ b/include/linux/sched.h
> @@ -801,6 +801,9 @@ struct task_struct {
> /* Stalled due to lack of memory */
> unsigned in_memstall:1;
> #endif
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_PASID
> + unsigned has_valid_pasid:1;
> +#endif
>
> unsigned long atomic_flags; /* Flags requiring atomic access. */
>
> diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
> index 142b23645d82..10b3891be99e 100644
> --- a/kernel/fork.c
> +++ b/kernel/fork.c
> @@ -955,6 +955,10 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
> tsk->use_memdelay = 0;
> #endif
>
> +#ifdef CONFIG_PCI_PASID
> + tsk->has_valid_pasid = 0;
> +#endif
> +
> #ifdef CONFIG_MEMCG
> tsk->active_memcg = NULL;
> #endif

Can I add "Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
to this patch? I will send this patch in the next version of the series.

Thanks.

-Fenghua