Re: [RFC PATCH 02/11] arm64: tlb: Add DSB ISHST prior to TLBI in __flush_tlb_[kernel_]pgtable()

[Peter Zijlstra]

On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 04:52:37PM +0100, Will Deacon wrote:
> __flush_tlb_[kernel_]pgtable() rely on set_pXd() having a DSB after
> writing the new table entry and therefore avoid the barrier prior to the
> TLBI instruction.
> 
> In preparation for delaying our walk-cache invalidation on the unmap()
> path, move the DSB into the TLB invalidation routines.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> index 7e2a35424ca4..e257f8655b84 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/tlbflush.h
> @@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ static inline void __flush_tlb_pgtable(struct mm_struct *mm,
>  {
>  	unsigned long addr = __TLBI_VADDR(uaddr, ASID(mm));
>  
> +	dsb(ishst);
>  	__tlbi(vae1is, addr);
>  	__tlbi_user(vae1is, addr);
>  	dsb(ish);
> @@ -222,6 +223,7 @@ static inline void __flush_tlb_kernel_pgtable(unsigned long kaddr)
>  {
>  	unsigned long addr = __TLBI_VADDR(kaddr, 0);
>  
> +	dsb(ishst);
>  	__tlbi(vaae1is, addr);
>  	dsb(ish);
>  }

I would suggest these barrier -- like any other barriers, carry a
comment that explain the required ordering.

I think this here reads like:

	STORE: unhook page

	DSB-ishst: wait for all stores to complete
	TLBI: invalidate broadcast
	DSB-ish: wait for TLBI to complete

And the 'newly' placed DSB-ishst ensures the page is observed unlinked
before we issue the invalidate.