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This is proving problematic in >>>>> situations where leave() needs to restore some context back to its >>>>> original state (before enter() was called). In particular, this >>>>> makes it difficult to support the nesting of lazy_mmu sections - >>>>> leave() does not know whether the matching enter() call occurred >>>>> while lazy_mmu was already enabled, and whether to disable it or >>>>> not. >>>>> >>>>> This patch gives all architectures the chance to store local state >>>>> while inside a lazy_mmu section by making enter() return some value, >>>>> storing it in a local variable, and having leave() take that value. >>>>> That value is typed lazy_mmu_state_t - each architecture defining >>>>> __HAVE_ARCH_ENTER_LAZY_MMU_MODE is free to define it as it sees fit. >>>>> For now we define it as int everywhere, which is sufficient to >>>>> support nesting. >>> ... >>>>> { >>>>> + lazy_mmu_state_t lazy_mmu_state; >>>>> ... >>>>> - arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(); >>>>> + lazy_mmu_state = arch_enter_lazy_mmu_mode(); >>>>> ... >>>>> - arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(); >>>>> + arch_leave_lazy_mmu_mode(lazy_mmu_state); >>>>> ... >>>>> } >>>>> >>>>> * In a few cases (e.g. xen_flush_lazy_mmu()), a function knows that >>>>> lazy_mmu is already enabled, and it temporarily disables it by >>>>> calling leave() and then enter() again. Here we want to ensure >>>>> that any operation between the leave() and enter() calls is >>>>> completed immediately; for that reason we pass LAZY_MMU_DEFAULT to >>>>> leave() to fully disable lazy_mmu. enter() will then re-enable it >>>>> - this achieves the expected behaviour, whether nesting occurred >>>>> before that function was called or not. >>>>> >>>>> Note: it is difficult to provide a default definition of >>>>> lazy_mmu_state_t for architectures implementing lazy_mmu, because >>>>> that definition would need to be available in >>>>> arch/x86/include/asm/paravirt_types.h and adding a new generic >>>>> #include there is very tricky due to the existing header soup. >>>> >>>> Yeah, I was wondering about exactly that. >>>> >>>> In particular because LAZY_MMU_DEFAULT etc resides somewehere compeltely >>>> different. >>>> >>>> Which raises the question: is using a new type really of any benefit here? >>>> >>>> Can't we just use an "enum lazy_mmu_state" and call it a day? >>> >>> I could envision something completely different for this type on s390, >>> e.g. a pointer to a per-cpu structure. So I would really ask to stick >>> with the current approach. >> >> Would that integrate well with LAZY_MMU_DEFAULT etc? > > Hmm... I though the idea is to use LAZY_MMU_* by architectures that > want to use it - at least that is how I read the description above. > > It is only kasan_populate|depopulate_vmalloc_pte() in generic code > that do not follow this pattern, and it looks as a problem to me. Yes, that's why I am asking. What kind of information (pointer to a per-cpu structure) would you want to return, and would handling it similar to how pagefault_disable()/pagefault_enable() e.g., using a variable in "current" to track the nesting level avoid having s390x to do that? -- Cheers David / dhildenb