arm64: mm: avoid redundant READ_ONCE(*ptep)

In set_pte_at(), we read the old pte value so that it can be passed into
checks for racy hw updates. These checks are only performed for
CONFIG_DEBUG_VM, and the value is not used otherwise.

Since we read the pte value with READ_ONCE(), the compiler cannot elide
the redundant read for !CONFIG_DEBUG_VM kernels.

Let's ameliorate matters by moving the read and the checks into a
helper, __check_racy_pte_update(), which only performs the read when the
value will be used. This also allows us to reformat the conditions for
clarity.

Acked-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 17 deletions

diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
index 6478dd121228..2023eab19d73 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
@@ -246,29 +246,42 @@ extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
  *
  *   PTE_DIRTY || (PTE_WRITE && !PTE_RDONLY)
  */
-static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
-			      pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
+
+static inline void __check_racy_pte_update(struct mm_struct *mm, pte_t *ptep,
+					   pte_t pte)
 {
 	pte_t old_pte;
 
-	if (pte_present(pte) && pte_user_exec(pte) && !pte_special(pte))
-		__sync_icache_dcache(pte);
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_VM))
+		return;
+
+	old_pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
+
+	if (!pte_valid(old_pte) || !pte_valid(pte))
+		return;
+	if (mm != current->active_mm && atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) <= 1)
+		return;
 
 	/*
-	 * If the existing pte is valid, check for potential race with
-	 * hardware updates of the pte (ptep_set_access_flags safely changes
-	 * valid ptes without going through an invalid entry).
+	 * Check for potential race with hardware updates of the pte
+	 * (ptep_set_access_flags safely changes valid ptes without going
+	 * through an invalid entry).
 	 */
-	old_pte = READ_ONCE(*ptep);
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEBUG_VM) && pte_valid(old_pte) && pte_valid(pte) &&
-	   (mm == current->active_mm || atomic_read(&mm->mm_users) > 1)) {
-		VM_WARN_ONCE(!pte_young(pte),
-			     "%s: racy access flag clearing: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
-			     __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
-		VM_WARN_ONCE(pte_write(old_pte) && !pte_dirty(pte),
-			     "%s: racy dirty state clearing: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
-			     __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
-	}
+	VM_WARN_ONCE(!pte_young(pte),
+		     "%s: racy access flag clearing: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
+		     __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
+	VM_WARN_ONCE(pte_write(old_pte) && !pte_dirty(pte),
+		     "%s: racy dirty state clearing: 0x%016llx -> 0x%016llx",
+		     __func__, pte_val(old_pte), pte_val(pte));
+}
+
+static inline void set_pte_at(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
+			      pte_t *ptep, pte_t pte)
+{
+	if (pte_present(pte) && pte_user_exec(pte) && !pte_special(pte))
+		__sync_icache_dcache(pte);
+
+	__check_racy_pte_update(mm, ptep, pte);
 
 	set_pte(ptep, pte);
 }