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Date:   Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:50:21 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To:     Alastair D'Silva <alastair@au1.ibm.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc: Allow flush_(inval_)dcache_range to work
 across ranges >4GB
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On Wed, Aug 21, 2019 at 10:19:27AM +1000, Alastair D'Silva wrote:
> From: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
> 
> The upstream commit:
> 22e9c88d486a ("powerpc/64: reuse PPC32 static inline flush_dcache_range()")
> has a similar effect, but since it is a rewrite of the assembler to C, is
> too invasive for stable. This patch is a minimal fix to address the issue in
> assembler.
> 
> This patch applies cleanly to v5.2, v4.19 & v4.14.
> 
> When calling flush_(inval_)dcache_range with a size >4GB, we were masking
> off the upper 32 bits, so we would incorrectly flush a range smaller
> than intended.
> 
> This patch replaces the 32 bit shifts with 64 bit ones, so that
> the full size is accounted for.
> 
> Changelog:
> v2
>   - Add related upstream commit
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alastair D'Silva <alastair@d-silva.org>
> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> index 1ad4089dd110..d4d096f80f4b 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/misc_64.S
> @@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ _GLOBAL_TOC(flush_dcache_range)
>  	subf	r8,r6,r4		/* compute length */
>  	add	r8,r8,r5		/* ensure we get enough */
>  	lwz	r9,DCACHEL1LOGBLOCKSIZE(r10)	/* Get log-2 of dcache block size */
> -	srw.	r8,r8,r9		/* compute line count */
> +	srd.	r8,r8,r9		/* compute line count */
>  	beqlr				/* nothing to do? */
>  	mtctr	r8
>  0:	dcbst	0,r6
> @@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ _GLOBAL(flush_inval_dcache_range)
>  	subf	r8,r6,r4		/* compute length */
>  	add	r8,r8,r5		/* ensure we get enough */
>  	lwz	r9,DCACHEL1LOGBLOCKSIZE(r10)/* Get log-2 of dcache block size */
> -	srw.	r8,r8,r9		/* compute line count */
> +	srd.	r8,r8,r9		/* compute line count */
>  	beqlr				/* nothing to do? */
>  	sync
>  	isync

I need an ack from the powerpc maintainer(s) before I can take this.

thanks,

greg k-h