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-rw-r--r--arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h33
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
index 79d570cbf332..b2f89b621b15 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu_context.h
@@ -143,24 +143,33 @@ static inline void mm_context_remove_copro(struct mm_struct *mm)
{
int c;
- c = atomic_dec_if_positive(&mm->context.copros);
-
- /* Detect imbalance between add and remove */
- WARN_ON(c < 0);
-
/*
- * Need to broadcast a global flush of the full mm before
- * decrementing active_cpus count, as the next TLBI may be
- * local and the nMMU and/or PSL need to be cleaned up.
- * Should be rare enough so that it's acceptable.
+ * When removing the last copro, we need to broadcast a global
+ * flush of the full mm, as the next TLBI may be local and the
+ * nMMU and/or PSL need to be cleaned up.
+ *
+ * Both the 'copros' and 'active_cpus' counts are looked at in
+ * flush_all_mm() to determine the scope (local/global) of the
+ * TLBIs, so we need to flush first before decrementing
+ * 'copros'. If this API is used by several callers for the
+ * same context, it can lead to over-flushing. It's hopefully
+ * not common enough to be a problem.
*
* Skip on hash, as we don't know how to do the proper flush
* for the time being. Invalidations will remain global if
- * used on hash.
+ * used on hash. Note that we can't drop 'copros' either, as
+ * it could make some invalidations local with no flush
+ * in-between.
*/
- if (c == 0 && radix_enabled()) {
+ if (radix_enabled()) {
flush_all_mm(mm);
- dec_mm_active_cpus(mm);
+
+ c = atomic_dec_if_positive(&mm->context.copros);
+ /* Detect imbalance between add and remove */
+ WARN_ON(c < 0);
+
+ if (c == 0)
+ dec_mm_active_cpus(mm);
}
}
#else