[PATCH] sparc64: replace move_pte() with a D-cache flush in flush_cache_range()
From: Imre Kaloz
Date: Wed Nov 04 2026 - 05:54:42 EST
mremap() can move a page to an address of the other D-cache color,
leaving lines of the old color in the virtually indexed D-cache of
Spitfire and Cheetah CPUs. move_pte() flushed the page for each PTE
moved, which is only correct while move_ptes() handles one PTE at a
time.
Drop move_pte(), which no other architecture defines, and flush the
whole D-cache in flush_cache_range(), which mremap() calls on the old
range before moving the PTEs. This keeps the fix in sparc64 without
a page table walk.
Suggested-by: David Hildenbrand (Arm) <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/409079fe-ab52-4389-9fe0-d7246eb27bad@xxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Imre Kaloz <kaloz@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Andreas asked for this as a separate patch once the merge window was
over [1]. It applies on top of sparc for-next.
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/4fba060e-c4f4-4d73-8efe-dbed0b5a7bc3@xxxxxxxxxxx/
arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h | 4 ++--
arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h | 21 ---------------------
arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/pgtable.h | 4 ----
mm/mremap.c | 1 -
5 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h
index 54a2d37008e6..1a116b288816 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cacheflush_64.h
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ void __flushw_user(void);
#define flush_cache_mm(__mm) \
do { if ((__mm) == current->mm) flushw_user(); } while(0)
#define flush_cache_dup_mm(mm) flush_cache_mm(mm)
-#define flush_cache_range(vma, start, end) \
- flush_cache_mm((vma)->vm_mm)
+void flush_cache_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
+ unsigned long end);
#define flush_cache_page(vma, page, pfn) \
flush_cache_mm((vma)->vm_mm)
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
index c26f2888aa18..310b66459521 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/pgtable_64.h
@@ -935,27 +935,6 @@ static inline void set_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
#define pte_clear(mm,addr,ptep) \
set_pte_at((mm), (addr), (ptep), __pte(0UL))
-#ifdef DCACHE_ALIASING_POSSIBLE
-/* This flushes only the page the PTE maps, so it relies on move_ptes()
- * calling it for one PTE at a time, which the default pte_batch_hint()
- * guarantees.
- */
-#define __HAVE_ARCH_MOVE_PTE
-#define move_pte(pte, old_addr, new_addr) \
-({ \
- pte_t newpte = (pte); \
- if (tlb_type != hypervisor && pte_present(pte)) { \
- unsigned long this_pfn = pte_pfn(pte); \
- \
- if (pfn_valid(this_pfn) && \
- (((old_addr) ^ (new_addr)) & (1 << 13))) \
- flush_dcache_page_all(current->mm, \
- pfn_to_page(this_pfn)); \
- } \
- newpte; \
-})
-#endif
-
extern pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD];
void paging_init(void);
diff --git a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
index 6a0ba9a01a21..a1ab1eacbf33 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/mm/init_64.c
@@ -3115,6 +3115,24 @@ void flush_cache_vmap(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
#endif
}
+/*
+ * mremap() moves the PTEs of [start, end) to addresses that may have the
+ * other color, and calls this on the old range first. Flush the whole
+ * D-cache so no line of the old color outlives the move.
+ */
+void flush_cache_range(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long start,
+ unsigned long end)
+{
+ /* flush_cache_mm() spills the user register windows. */
+ flush_cache_mm(vma->vm_mm);
+#ifdef DCACHE_ALIASING_POSSIBLE
+ /* The D-cache is virtually indexed on Spitfire and Cheetah. */
+ if (tlb_type == spitfire || tlb_type == cheetah ||
+ tlb_type == cheetah_plus)
+ flush_dcache_all();
+#endif
+}
+
void flush_tlb_kernel_range(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
{
if (start < HI_OBP_ADDRESS && end > LOW_OBP_ADDRESS) {
diff --git a/include/linux/pgtable.h b/include/linux/pgtable.h
index 780fe849ff8b..c729c3cc8bda 100644
--- a/include/linux/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/pgtable.h
@@ -1470,10 +1470,6 @@ static inline void arch_swap_restore(swp_entry_t entry, struct folio *folio)
}
#endif
-#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MOVE_PTE
-#define move_pte(pte, old_addr, new_addr) (pte)
-#endif
-
#ifndef pte_accessible
# define pte_accessible(mm, pte) ((void)(pte), 1)
#endif
diff --git a/mm/mremap.c b/mm/mremap.c
index 0d06d7f37f19..87cb15027bfd 100644
--- a/mm/mremap.c
+++ b/mm/mremap.c
@@ -289,7 +289,6 @@ static int move_ptes(struct pagetable_move_control *pmc,
force_flush = true;
}
pte = get_and_clear_ptes(mm, old_addr, old_ptep, nr_ptes);
- pte = move_pte(pte, old_addr, new_addr);
pte = move_soft_dirty_pte(pte);
if (need_clear_uffd_wp && pte_is_uffd_wp_marker(pte))
base-commit: c95443b98771a74c6689f5e7bbc56794fe95f550
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2.47.3