[PATCH 2/2] sparc64: flush vmalloc ranges from the D-cache on map and unmap

From: Imre Kaloz

Date: Sun Sep 27 2026 - 06:58:40 EST


The L1 D-cache of Spitfire and Cheetah is indexed with VA bit 13, but
flush_cache_vmap() and flush_cache_vunmap() are no-ops. Lines loaded
through a vmalloc address survive the unmap, and once the page is
written through the other colour, e.g. zeroed through the linear
mapping, a later mapping of the old colour reads stale data. Anonymous
user pages arrive the same way, as tlb_batch_add() does not flush them.
On UltraSPARC III this corrupts BPF programs and module data.

Flush each page on every CPU on map and unmap, or the whole D-cache in
one cross call once the range exceeds its size.

Link: https://github.com/sparclinux/issues/issues/29#issuecomment-5041121375
Closes: https://github.com/sparclinux/issues/issues/29
Suggested-by: nsafran1217 <54966414+nsafran1217@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Imre Kaloz <kaloz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Notes:
No Fixes: tag: flush_cache_vmap/vunmap have been no-ops on
sparc64 since the file was introduced, before the git
history.

arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h | 6 ++--
arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c | 18 +++++++++++
arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
arch/sparc/mm/ultra.S | 25 +++++++++++++++
4 files changed, 89 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h
index 02c969417e7b..54a2d37008e6 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ void smp_flush_dcache_folio_impl(struct folio *folio, int cpu);
#define smp_flush_dcache_folio_impl(folio, cpu) flush_dcache_folio_impl(folio)
#endif
void flush_dcache_page_all(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *page);
+void __flush_dcache_all(unsigned long size, unsigned long line_size);
+void flush_dcache_all(void);

void __flush_dcache_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
#define ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE 1
@@ -73,9 +75,9 @@ void flush_ptrace_access(struct vm_area_struct *, struct page *,
#define flush_dcache_mmap_lock(mapping) do { } while (0)
#define flush_dcache_mmap_unlock(mapping) do { } while (0)

-#define flush_cache_vmap(start, end) do { } while (0)
+void flush_cache_vmap(unsigned long start, unsigned long end);
#define flush_cache_vmap_early(start, end) do { } while (0)
-#define flush_cache_vunmap(start, end) do { } while (0)
+#define flush_cache_vunmap(start, end) flush_cache_vmap(start, end)

#endif /* !__ASSEMBLER__ */

diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
index 18b6145da591..bebfc44241b3 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/smp_64.c
@@ -915,6 +915,7 @@ extern unsigned long xcall_kgdb_capture;

#ifdef DCACHE_ALIASING_POSSIBLE
extern unsigned long xcall_flush_dcache_page_cheetah;
+extern unsigned long xcall_flush_dcache_all;
#endif
extern unsigned long xcall_flush_dcache_page_spitfire;

@@ -1025,6 +1026,23 @@ void flush_dcache_page_all(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *page)
preempt_enable();
}

+#ifdef DCACHE_ALIASING_POSSIBLE
+void flush_dcache_all(void)
+{
+ unsigned long size, line_size;
+
+ if (tlb_type == hypervisor)
+ return;
+
+ preempt_disable();
+ size = local_cpu_data().dcache_size;
+ line_size = local_cpu_data().dcache_line_size;
+ smp_cross_call(&xcall_flush_dcache_all, 0, size, line_size);
+ __flush_dcache_all(size, line_size);
+ preempt_enable();
+}
+#endif
+
#ifdef CONFIG_KGDB
void kgdb_roundup_cpus(void)
{
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 8792e5d92517..462338d875cd 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
#include <linux/percpu.h>
#include <linux/mmzone.h>
#include <linux/gfp.h>
+#include <linux/vmalloc.h>

#include <asm/head.h>
#include <asm/page.h>
@@ -234,6 +235,17 @@ void flush_dcache_page_all(struct mm_struct *mm, struct page *page)
__flush_icache_page(page_to_phys(page));
#endif
}
+
+#ifdef DCACHE_ALIASING_POSSIBLE
+void flush_dcache_all(void)
+{
+ if (tlb_type == hypervisor)
+ return;
+
+ __flush_dcache_all(local_cpu_data().dcache_size,
+ local_cpu_data().dcache_line_size);
+}
+#endif
#endif

#define PG_dcache_dirty PG_arch_1
@@ -3072,6 +3084,36 @@ arch_initcall(report_memory);
#define do_flush_tlb_kernel_range __flush_tlb_kernel_range
#endif

+/*
+ * The L1 D-cache is indexed with VA bit 13, so lines loaded through a
+ * vmalloc address outlive the mapping. Stores through a mapping of the
+ * other colour do not update them, and a later load through their colour
+ * returns stale data. Flush at unmap so vmalloc's lines do not follow
+ * the page back to the allocator, and at map time since anonymous user
+ * pages are freed without a flush (see tlb_batch_add()). Past the
+ * D-cache size, one whole-cache flush is cheaper than a cross call per
+ * page.
+ */
+void flush_cache_vmap(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+#ifdef DCACHE_ALIASING_POSSIBLE
+ if (tlb_type == hypervisor)
+ return;
+
+ if (end - start > cpu_data(raw_smp_processor_id()).dcache_size) {
+ flush_dcache_all();
+ return;
+ }
+
+ for (; start < end; start += PAGE_SIZE) {
+ struct page *page = vmalloc_to_page((void *)start);
+
+ if (page)
+ flush_dcache_page_all(NULL, page);
+ }
+#endif
+}
+
void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
if (start < HI_OBP_ADDRESS && end > LOW_OBP_ADDRESS) {
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/ultra.S b/arch/sparc/mm/ultra.S
index 70e658d107e0..ff190670a235 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/ultra.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/ultra.S
@@ -242,6 +242,20 @@ __flush_dcache_page: /* %o0=kaddr, %o1=flush_icache */
retl
nop

+ /* Zeroing every D-cache tag invalidates the whole cache on
+ * Spitfire and Cheetah alike.
+ */
+ .align 32
+ .globl __flush_dcache_all
+__flush_dcache_all: /* %o0=D-cache size, %o1=D-cache line size */
+1: subcc %o0, %o1, %o0
+ stxa %g0, [%o0] ASI_DCACHE_TAG
+ membar #Sync
+ bne,pt %icc, 1b
+ nop
+ retl
+ nop
+
#endif /* DCACHE_ALIASING_POSSIBLE */

.previous
@@ -801,6 +815,17 @@ xcall_flush_dcache_page_cheetah: /* %g1 == physical page address */
nop
retry
nop
+
+ .align 32
+ .globl xcall_flush_dcache_all
+xcall_flush_dcache_all: /* %g1 == D-cache size, %g7 == D-cache line size */
+1: subcc %g1, %g7, %g1
+ stxa %g0, [%g1] ASI_DCACHE_TAG
+ membar #Sync
+ bne,pt %icc, 1b
+ nop
+ retry
+ nop
#endif /* DCACHE_ALIASING_POSSIBLE */

.globl xcall_flush_dcache_page_spitfire
--
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