Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751306AbdHXFrs (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2017 01:47:48 -0400 Received: from mail-pg0-f65.google.com ([74.125.83.65]:34384 "EHLO mail-pg0-f65.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751019AbdHXFrr (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2017 01:47:47 -0400 From: Hoeun Ryu To: Kees Cook , Andrew Morton , Nicholas Piggin , Ingo Molnar , Michal Marek , Laura Abbott , Al Viro , Andy Lutomirski , mic@digikod.net, Russell King , Vladimir Murzin , Heiko Carstens , Jonathan Austin , Masahiro Yamada , Mark Rutland , Peter Zijlstra Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org, hoeun.ryu@gmail.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org Subject: [RFC 2/3] arm: enable 64BIT_ATOMIC(_ALIGNED)_ACCESS on LPAE enabled machines Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2017 14:42:56 +0900 Message-Id: <1503553377-3646-3-git-send-email-hoeun.ryu@gmail.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.7.4 In-Reply-To: <1503553377-3646-1-git-send-email-hoeun.ryu@gmail.com> References: <1503553377-3646-1-git-send-email-hoeun.ryu@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1192 Lines: 31 'ldrd/strd' (load/store doublewords) instructions are 64bit atomic as long as the address is 64-bit aligned on LPAE (Large Physical Address Extension) enabled architectures. This feature is to guarantee atomic accesses on newly introduced 64bit wide descriptors in the translation tables. Making 64BIT_ATOMIC_ACCESS true, some kernel codes to access 64bit variables can be optimized by omitting seqlock or the mimic of it. Also make 64BIT_ATOMIC_ALIGNED_ACCESS true, the 64bit atomic access is guarnteed only when the address is 64bit algined. Signed-off-by: Hoeun Ryu --- arch/arm/mm/Kconfig | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig index 60cdfdc..3142572 100644 --- a/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/mm/Kconfig @@ -660,6 +660,8 @@ config ARM_LPAE bool "Support for the Large Physical Address Extension" depends on MMU && CPU_32v7 && !CPU_32v6 && !CPU_32v5 && \ !CPU_32v4 && !CPU_32v3 + select 64BIT_ATOMIC_ACCESS + select 64BIT_ATOMIC_ALIGNED_ACCESS help Say Y if you have an ARMv7 processor supporting the LPAE page table format and you would like to access memory beyond the -- 2.7.4