Ping?
Nadav Amit <na...@vmware.com> wrote:
> When a PTE is cleared, the write may be teared or perform by multiple
> writes. In addition, in 32-bit kernel, writes are currently performed
> using a single 64-bit write, which does not guarantee order.
>
> The byte-code right now does not seem to cause a problem, but it may
> still occur in theory.
>
> Avoid this scenario by using WRITE_ONCE, and order the writes on
> 32-bit kernels.
>
> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <na...@vmware.com>
> ---
> drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++++-
> 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
> index e1852e8..4f488a5 100644
> --- a/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
> +++ b/drivers/iommu/intel-iommu.c
> @@ -326,9 +326,26 @@ struct dma_pte {
> u64 val;
> };
>
> +#ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
> +union split_dma_pte {
> + struct {
> + u32 val_low;
> + u32 val_high;
> + };
> + u64 val;
> +};
> +#endif
> +
> static inline void dma_clear_pte(struct dma_pte *pte)
> {
> - pte->val = 0;
> +#ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> + WRITE_ONCE(pte->val, 0);
> +#else
> + union split_dma_pte *sdma_pte = (union split_dma_pte *)pte;
> +
> + WRITE_ONCE(sdma_pte->val_low, 0);
> + sdma_pte->val_high = 0;
> +#endif
> }
>
> static inline u64 dma_pte_addr(struct dma_pte *pte)
> --
> 2.7.4
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