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[v2] x86, uaccess: introduce copy_from_iter_wt for pmem / writethrough operations

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Dan Williams April 28, 2017, 7:39 p.m. UTC
The pmem driver has a need to transfer data with a persistent memory
destination and be able to rely on the fact that the destination writes
are not cached. It is sufficient for the writes to be flushed to a
cpu-store-buffer (non-temporal / "movnt" in x86 terms), as we expect
userspace to call fsync() to ensure data-writes have reached a
power-fail-safe zone in the platform. The fsync() triggers a REQ_FUA or
REQ_FLUSH to the pmem driver which will turn around and fence previous
writes with an "sfence".

Implement a __copy_from_user_inatomic_wt, memcpy_page_wt, and memcpy_wt,
that guarantee that the destination buffer is not dirty in the cpu cache
on completion. The new copy_from_iter_wt and sub-routines will be used
to replace the "pmem api" (include/linux/pmem.h +
arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h). The availability of copy_from_iter_wt()
and memcpy_wt() are gated by the CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT config
symbol, and fallback to copy_from_iter_nocache() and plain memcpy()
otherwise.

This is meant to satisfy the concern from Linus that if a driver wants
to do something beyond the normal nocache semantics it should be
something private to that driver [1], and Al's concern that anything
uaccess related belongs with the rest of the uaccess code [2].

[1]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-January/008364.html
[2]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-April/009942.html

Cc: <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
---
Changes since the initial RFC:
* s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(), set_memory_wt(),
  etc. (Ingo)

 arch/x86/Kconfig                  |    1 
 arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h  |    5 +
 arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h |   11 +++
 arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c        |  128 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c          |    3 -
 drivers/nvdimm/claim.c            |    2 -
 drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c             |   13 +++-
 drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c      |    4 +
 include/linux/dax.h               |    3 +
 include/linux/string.h            |    6 ++
 include/linux/uio.h               |   15 ++++
 lib/Kconfig                       |    3 +
 lib/iov_iter.c                    |   21 ++++++
 13 files changed, 208 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

Comments

Ingo Molnar May 5, 2017, 6:54 a.m. UTC | #1
* Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:

> The pmem driver has a need to transfer data with a persistent memory
> destination and be able to rely on the fact that the destination writes
> are not cached. It is sufficient for the writes to be flushed to a
> cpu-store-buffer (non-temporal / "movnt" in x86 terms), as we expect
> userspace to call fsync() to ensure data-writes have reached a
> power-fail-safe zone in the platform. The fsync() triggers a REQ_FUA or
> REQ_FLUSH to the pmem driver which will turn around and fence previous
> writes with an "sfence".
> 
> Implement a __copy_from_user_inatomic_wt, memcpy_page_wt, and memcpy_wt,
> that guarantee that the destination buffer is not dirty in the cpu cache
> on completion. The new copy_from_iter_wt and sub-routines will be used
> to replace the "pmem api" (include/linux/pmem.h +
> arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h). The availability of copy_from_iter_wt()
> and memcpy_wt() are gated by the CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT config
> symbol, and fallback to copy_from_iter_nocache() and plain memcpy()
> otherwise.
> 
> This is meant to satisfy the concern from Linus that if a driver wants
> to do something beyond the normal nocache semantics it should be
> something private to that driver [1], and Al's concern that anything
> uaccess related belongs with the rest of the uaccess code [2].
> 
> [1]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-January/008364.html
> [2]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-April/009942.html
> 
> Cc: <x86@kernel.org>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> ---
> Changes since the initial RFC:
> * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(), set_memory_wt(),
>   etc. (Ingo)

Looks good to me. I suspect you'd like to carry this in the nvdimm tree?

Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Thanks,

	Ingo
Dan Williams May 5, 2017, 2:12 p.m. UTC | #2
On Thu, May 4, 2017 at 11:54 PM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> * Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:
>
>> The pmem driver has a need to transfer data with a persistent memory
>> destination and be able to rely on the fact that the destination writes
>> are not cached. It is sufficient for the writes to be flushed to a
>> cpu-store-buffer (non-temporal / "movnt" in x86 terms), as we expect
>> userspace to call fsync() to ensure data-writes have reached a
>> power-fail-safe zone in the platform. The fsync() triggers a REQ_FUA or
>> REQ_FLUSH to the pmem driver which will turn around and fence previous
>> writes with an "sfence".
>>
>> Implement a __copy_from_user_inatomic_wt, memcpy_page_wt, and memcpy_wt,
>> that guarantee that the destination buffer is not dirty in the cpu cache
>> on completion. The new copy_from_iter_wt and sub-routines will be used
>> to replace the "pmem api" (include/linux/pmem.h +
>> arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h). The availability of copy_from_iter_wt()
>> and memcpy_wt() are gated by the CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT config
>> symbol, and fallback to copy_from_iter_nocache() and plain memcpy()
>> otherwise.
>>
>> This is meant to satisfy the concern from Linus that if a driver wants
>> to do something beyond the normal nocache semantics it should be
>> something private to that driver [1], and Al's concern that anything
>> uaccess related belongs with the rest of the uaccess code [2].
>>
>> [1]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-January/008364.html
>> [2]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-April/009942.html
>>
>> Cc: <x86@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
>> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
>> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
>> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
>> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>> ---
>> Changes since the initial RFC:
>> * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(), set_memory_wt(),
>>   etc. (Ingo)
>
> Looks good to me. I suspect you'd like to carry this in the nvdimm tree?
>
> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

Thanks, Ingo!. Yes, I'll carry it in nvdimm.git for 4.13.
Kani, Toshi May 5, 2017, 8:39 p.m. UTC | #3
On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 12:39 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> The pmem driver has a need to transfer data with a persistent memory

> destination and be able to rely on the fact that the destination

> writes are not cached. It is sufficient for the writes to be flushed

> to a cpu-store-buffer (non-temporal / "movnt" in x86 terms), as we

> expect userspace to call fsync() to ensure data-writes have reached a

> power-fail-safe zone in the platform. The fsync() triggers a REQ_FUA

> or REQ_FLUSH to the pmem driver which will turn around and fence

> previous writes with an "sfence".

> 

> Implement a __copy_from_user_inatomic_wt, memcpy_page_wt, and

> memcpy_wt, that guarantee that the destination buffer is not dirty in

> the cpu cache on completion. The new copy_from_iter_wt and sub-

> routines will be used to replace the "pmem api" (include/linux/pmem.h

> + arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h). The availability of

> copy_from_iter_wt() and memcpy_wt() are gated by the

> CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT config symbol, and fallback to

> copy_from_iter_nocache() and plain memcpy() otherwise.

> 

> This is meant to satisfy the concern from Linus that if a driver

> wants to do something beyond the normal nocache semantics it should

> be something private to that driver [1], and Al's concern that

> anything uaccess related belongs with the rest of the uaccess code

> [2].

> 

> [1]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-January/008364.

> html

> [2]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-April/009942.ht

> ml

> 

> Cc: <x86@kernel.org>

> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>

> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>

> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>

> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>

> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>

> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>

> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>

> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

> ---

> Changes since the initial RFC:

> * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(),

> set_memory_wt(), etc. (Ingo)


Sorry I should have said earlier, but I think the term "wt" is
misleading.  Non-temporal stores used in memcpy_wt() provide WC
semantics, not WT semantics.  How about using "nocache" as it's been
used in __copy_user_nocache()?

Thanks,
-Toshi
Dan Williams May 5, 2017, 10:25 p.m. UTC | #4
On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-04-28 at 12:39 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> The pmem driver has a need to transfer data with a persistent memory
>> destination and be able to rely on the fact that the destination
>> writes are not cached. It is sufficient for the writes to be flushed
>> to a cpu-store-buffer (non-temporal / "movnt" in x86 terms), as we
>> expect userspace to call fsync() to ensure data-writes have reached a
>> power-fail-safe zone in the platform. The fsync() triggers a REQ_FUA
>> or REQ_FLUSH to the pmem driver which will turn around and fence
>> previous writes with an "sfence".
>>
>> Implement a __copy_from_user_inatomic_wt, memcpy_page_wt, and
>> memcpy_wt, that guarantee that the destination buffer is not dirty in
>> the cpu cache on completion. The new copy_from_iter_wt and sub-
>> routines will be used to replace the "pmem api" (include/linux/pmem.h
>> + arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h). The availability of
>> copy_from_iter_wt() and memcpy_wt() are gated by the
>> CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT config symbol, and fallback to
>> copy_from_iter_nocache() and plain memcpy() otherwise.
>>
>> This is meant to satisfy the concern from Linus that if a driver
>> wants to do something beyond the normal nocache semantics it should
>> be something private to that driver [1], and Al's concern that
>> anything uaccess related belongs with the rest of the uaccess code
>> [2].
>>
>> [1]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-January/008364.
>> html
>> [2]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-April/009942.ht
>> ml
>>
>> Cc: <x86@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
>> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
>> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
>> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
>> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
>> ---
>> Changes since the initial RFC:
>> * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(),
>> set_memory_wt(), etc. (Ingo)
>
> Sorry I should have said earlier, but I think the term "wt" is
> misleading.  Non-temporal stores used in memcpy_wt() provide WC
> semantics, not WT semantics.

The non-temporal stores do, but memcpy_wt() is using a combination of
non-temporal stores and explicit cache flushing.

> How about using "nocache" as it's been
> used in __copy_user_nocache()?

The difference in my mind is that the "_nocache" suffix indicates
opportunistic / optional cache pollution avoidance whereas "_wt"
strictly arranges for caches not to contain dirty data upon completion
of the routine. For example, non-temporal stores on older x86 cpus
could potentially leave dirty data in the cache, so memcpy_wt on those
cpus would need to use explicit cache flushing.
Kani, Toshi May 5, 2017, 10:44 p.m. UTC | #5
On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 15:25 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com>

> wrote:

 :
> > > ---

> > > Changes since the initial RFC:

> > > * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(),

> > > set_memory_wt(), etc. (Ingo)

> > 

> > Sorry I should have said earlier, but I think the term "wt" is

> > misleading.  Non-temporal stores used in memcpy_wt() provide WC

> > semantics, not WT semantics.

> 

> The non-temporal stores do, but memcpy_wt() is using a combination of

> non-temporal stores and explicit cache flushing.

> 

> > How about using "nocache" as it's been

> > used in __copy_user_nocache()?

> 

> The difference in my mind is that the "_nocache" suffix indicates

> opportunistic / optional cache pollution avoidance whereas "_wt"

> strictly arranges for caches not to contain dirty data upon

> completion of the routine. For example, non-temporal stores on older

> x86 cpus could potentially leave dirty data in the cache, so

> memcpy_wt on those cpus would need to use explicit cache flushing.


I see.  I agree that its behavior is different from the existing one
with "_nocache".   That said, I think "wt" or "write-through" generally
means that writes allocate cachelines and keep them clean by writing to
memory.  So, subsequent reads to the destination will hit the
cachelines.  This is not the case with this interface.

Thanks,
-Toshi
Dan Williams May 6, 2017, 2:15 a.m. UTC | #6
On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 15:25 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
>> wrote:
>  :
>> > > ---
>> > > Changes since the initial RFC:
>> > > * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(),
>> > > set_memory_wt(), etc. (Ingo)
>> >
>> > Sorry I should have said earlier, but I think the term "wt" is
>> > misleading.  Non-temporal stores used in memcpy_wt() provide WC
>> > semantics, not WT semantics.
>>
>> The non-temporal stores do, but memcpy_wt() is using a combination of
>> non-temporal stores and explicit cache flushing.
>>
>> > How about using "nocache" as it's been
>> > used in __copy_user_nocache()?
>>
>> The difference in my mind is that the "_nocache" suffix indicates
>> opportunistic / optional cache pollution avoidance whereas "_wt"
>> strictly arranges for caches not to contain dirty data upon
>> completion of the routine. For example, non-temporal stores on older
>> x86 cpus could potentially leave dirty data in the cache, so
>> memcpy_wt on those cpus would need to use explicit cache flushing.
>
> I see.  I agree that its behavior is different from the existing one
> with "_nocache".   That said, I think "wt" or "write-through" generally
> means that writes allocate cachelines and keep them clean by writing to
> memory.  So, subsequent reads to the destination will hit the
> cachelines.  This is not the case with this interface.

True... maybe _nocache_strict()? Or, leave it _wt() until someone
comes along and is surprised that the cache is not warm for reads
after memcpy_wt(), at which point we can ask "why not just use plain
memcpy then?", or set the page-attributes to WT.
Kani, Toshi May 6, 2017, 3:17 a.m. UTC | #7
> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com>

> wrote:

> > On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 15:25 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:

> >> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com>

> >> wrote:

> >  :

> >> > > ---

> >> > > Changes since the initial RFC:

> >> > > * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(),

> >> > > set_memory_wt(), etc. (Ingo)

> >> >

> >> > Sorry I should have said earlier, but I think the term "wt" is

> >> > misleading.  Non-temporal stores used in memcpy_wt() provide WC

> >> > semantics, not WT semantics.

> >>

> >> The non-temporal stores do, but memcpy_wt() is using a combination of

> >> non-temporal stores and explicit cache flushing.

> >>

> >> > How about using "nocache" as it's been

> >> > used in __copy_user_nocache()?

> >>

> >> The difference in my mind is that the "_nocache" suffix indicates

> >> opportunistic / optional cache pollution avoidance whereas "_wt"

> >> strictly arranges for caches not to contain dirty data upon

> >> completion of the routine. For example, non-temporal stores on older

> >> x86 cpus could potentially leave dirty data in the cache, so

> >> memcpy_wt on those cpus would need to use explicit cache flushing.

> >

> > I see.  I agree that its behavior is different from the existing one

> > with "_nocache".   That said, I think "wt" or "write-through" generally

> > means that writes allocate cachelines and keep them clean by writing to

> > memory.  So, subsequent reads to the destination will hit the

> > cachelines.  This is not the case with this interface.

> 

> True... maybe _nocache_strict()? Or, leave it _wt() until someone

> comes along and is surprised that the cache is not warm for reads

> after memcpy_wt(), at which point we can ask "why not just use plain

> memcpy then?", or set the page-attributes to WT.


I prefer _nocache_strict(), if it's not too long, since it avoids any
confusion.  If other arches actually implement it with WT semantics,
we might become the one to change it, instead of the caller.

Thanks,
-Toshi
Ingo Molnar May 6, 2017, 9:46 a.m. UTC | #8
* Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:

> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 15:25 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> >> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> >> wrote:
> >  :
> >> > > ---
> >> > > Changes since the initial RFC:
> >> > > * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(),
> >> > > set_memory_wt(), etc. (Ingo)
> >> >
> >> > Sorry I should have said earlier, but I think the term "wt" is
> >> > misleading.  Non-temporal stores used in memcpy_wt() provide WC
> >> > semantics, not WT semantics.
> >>
> >> The non-temporal stores do, but memcpy_wt() is using a combination of
> >> non-temporal stores and explicit cache flushing.
> >>
> >> > How about using "nocache" as it's been
> >> > used in __copy_user_nocache()?
> >>
> >> The difference in my mind is that the "_nocache" suffix indicates
> >> opportunistic / optional cache pollution avoidance whereas "_wt"
> >> strictly arranges for caches not to contain dirty data upon
> >> completion of the routine. For example, non-temporal stores on older
> >> x86 cpus could potentially leave dirty data in the cache, so
> >> memcpy_wt on those cpus would need to use explicit cache flushing.
> >
> > I see.  I agree that its behavior is different from the existing one
> > with "_nocache".   That said, I think "wt" or "write-through" generally
> > means that writes allocate cachelines and keep them clean by writing to
> > memory.  So, subsequent reads to the destination will hit the
> > cachelines.  This is not the case with this interface.
> 
> True... maybe _nocache_strict()? Or, leave it _wt() until someone
> comes along and is surprised that the cache is not warm for reads
> after memcpy_wt(), at which point we can ask "why not just use plain
> memcpy then?", or set the page-attributes to WT.

Perhaps a _nocache_flush() postfix, to signal both that it's non-temporal and that 
no cache line is left around afterwards (dirty or clean)?

Thanks,

	Ingo
Dan Williams May 6, 2017, 1:57 p.m. UTC | #9
On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> * Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 15:25 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> >> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >  :
>> >> > > ---
>> >> > > Changes since the initial RFC:
>> >> > > * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(),
>> >> > > set_memory_wt(), etc. (Ingo)
>> >> >
>> >> > Sorry I should have said earlier, but I think the term "wt" is
>> >> > misleading.  Non-temporal stores used in memcpy_wt() provide WC
>> >> > semantics, not WT semantics.
>> >>
>> >> The non-temporal stores do, but memcpy_wt() is using a combination of
>> >> non-temporal stores and explicit cache flushing.
>> >>
>> >> > How about using "nocache" as it's been
>> >> > used in __copy_user_nocache()?
>> >>
>> >> The difference in my mind is that the "_nocache" suffix indicates
>> >> opportunistic / optional cache pollution avoidance whereas "_wt"
>> >> strictly arranges for caches not to contain dirty data upon
>> >> completion of the routine. For example, non-temporal stores on older
>> >> x86 cpus could potentially leave dirty data in the cache, so
>> >> memcpy_wt on those cpus would need to use explicit cache flushing.
>> >
>> > I see.  I agree that its behavior is different from the existing one
>> > with "_nocache".   That said, I think "wt" or "write-through" generally
>> > means that writes allocate cachelines and keep them clean by writing to
>> > memory.  So, subsequent reads to the destination will hit the
>> > cachelines.  This is not the case with this interface.
>>
>> True... maybe _nocache_strict()? Or, leave it _wt() until someone
>> comes along and is surprised that the cache is not warm for reads
>> after memcpy_wt(), at which point we can ask "why not just use plain
>> memcpy then?", or set the page-attributes to WT.
>
> Perhaps a _nocache_flush() postfix, to signal both that it's non-temporal and that
> no cache line is left around afterwards (dirty or clean)?

Yes, I think "flush" belongs in the name, and to make it easily
grep-able separate from _nocache we can call it _flushcache? An
efficient implementation will use _nocache / non-temporal stores
internally, but external consumers just care about the state of the
cache after the call.
Ingo Molnar May 7, 2017, 8:57 a.m. UTC | #10
* Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > * Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com> wrote:
> >> > On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 15:25 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> >> >> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >  :
> >> >> > > ---
> >> >> > > Changes since the initial RFC:
> >> >> > > * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(),
> >> >> > > set_memory_wt(), etc. (Ingo)
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Sorry I should have said earlier, but I think the term "wt" is
> >> >> > misleading.  Non-temporal stores used in memcpy_wt() provide WC
> >> >> > semantics, not WT semantics.
> >> >>
> >> >> The non-temporal stores do, but memcpy_wt() is using a combination of
> >> >> non-temporal stores and explicit cache flushing.
> >> >>
> >> >> > How about using "nocache" as it's been
> >> >> > used in __copy_user_nocache()?
> >> >>
> >> >> The difference in my mind is that the "_nocache" suffix indicates
> >> >> opportunistic / optional cache pollution avoidance whereas "_wt"
> >> >> strictly arranges for caches not to contain dirty data upon
> >> >> completion of the routine. For example, non-temporal stores on older
> >> >> x86 cpus could potentially leave dirty data in the cache, so
> >> >> memcpy_wt on those cpus would need to use explicit cache flushing.
> >> >
> >> > I see.  I agree that its behavior is different from the existing one
> >> > with "_nocache".   That said, I think "wt" or "write-through" generally
> >> > means that writes allocate cachelines and keep them clean by writing to
> >> > memory.  So, subsequent reads to the destination will hit the
> >> > cachelines.  This is not the case with this interface.
> >>
> >> True... maybe _nocache_strict()? Or, leave it _wt() until someone
> >> comes along and is surprised that the cache is not warm for reads
> >> after memcpy_wt(), at which point we can ask "why not just use plain
> >> memcpy then?", or set the page-attributes to WT.
> >
> > Perhaps a _nocache_flush() postfix, to signal both that it's non-temporal and that
> > no cache line is left around afterwards (dirty or clean)?
> 
> Yes, I think "flush" belongs in the name, and to make it easily
> grep-able separate from _nocache we can call it _flushcache? An
> efficient implementation will use _nocache / non-temporal stores
> internally, but external consumers just care about the state of the
> cache after the call.

_flushcache() works for me too.

Thanks,

	Ingo
Kani, Toshi May 8, 2017, 3:01 a.m. UTC | #11
> * Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:
> 
> > On Sat, May 6, 2017 at 2:46 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > * Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> wrote:
> > >> > On Fri, 2017-05-05 at 15:25 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > >> >> On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 1:39 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu
> <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
> > >> >> wrote:
> > >> >  :
> > >> >> > > ---
> > >> >> > > Changes since the initial RFC:
> > >> >> > > * s/writethru/wt/ since we already have ioremap_wt(),
> > >> >> > > set_memory_wt(), etc. (Ingo)
> > >> >> >
> > >> >> > Sorry I should have said earlier, but I think the term "wt" is
> > >> >> > misleading.  Non-temporal stores used in memcpy_wt() provide WC
> > >> >> > semantics, not WT semantics.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> The non-temporal stores do, but memcpy_wt() is using a combination
> of
> > >> >> non-temporal stores and explicit cache flushing.
> > >> >>
> > >> >> > How about using "nocache" as it's been
> > >> >> > used in __copy_user_nocache()?
> > >> >>
> > >> >> The difference in my mind is that the "_nocache" suffix indicates
> > >> >> opportunistic / optional cache pollution avoidance whereas "_wt"
> > >> >> strictly arranges for caches not to contain dirty data upon
> > >> >> completion of the routine. For example, non-temporal stores on older
> > >> >> x86 cpus could potentially leave dirty data in the cache, so
> > >> >> memcpy_wt on those cpus would need to use explicit cache flushing.
> > >> >
> > >> > I see.  I agree that its behavior is different from the existing one
> > >> > with "_nocache".   That said, I think "wt" or "write-through" generally
> > >> > means that writes allocate cachelines and keep them clean by writing
> to
> > >> > memory.  So, subsequent reads to the destination will hit the
> > >> > cachelines.  This is not the case with this interface.
> > >>
> > >> True... maybe _nocache_strict()? Or, leave it _wt() until someone
> > >> comes along and is surprised that the cache is not warm for reads
> > >> after memcpy_wt(), at which point we can ask "why not just use plain
> > >> memcpy then?", or set the page-attributes to WT.
> > >
> > > Perhaps a _nocache_flush() postfix, to signal both that it's non-temporal
> and that
> > > no cache line is left around afterwards (dirty or clean)?
> >
> > Yes, I think "flush" belongs in the name, and to make it easily
> > grep-able separate from _nocache we can call it _flushcache? An
> > efficient implementation will use _nocache / non-temporal stores
> > internally, but external consumers just care about the state of the
> > cache after the call.
> 
> _flushcache() works for me too.
> 

Works for me too.
Thanks,
-Toshi
Ross Zwisler May 8, 2017, 8:32 p.m. UTC | #12
On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:39:12PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> The pmem driver has a need to transfer data with a persistent memory
> destination and be able to rely on the fact that the destination writes
> are not cached. It is sufficient for the writes to be flushed to a
> cpu-store-buffer (non-temporal / "movnt" in x86 terms), as we expect
> userspace to call fsync() to ensure data-writes have reached a
> power-fail-safe zone in the platform. The fsync() triggers a REQ_FUA or
> REQ_FLUSH to the pmem driver which will turn around and fence previous
> writes with an "sfence".
> 
> Implement a __copy_from_user_inatomic_wt, memcpy_page_wt, and memcpy_wt,
> that guarantee that the destination buffer is not dirty in the cpu cache
> on completion. The new copy_from_iter_wt and sub-routines will be used
> to replace the "pmem api" (include/linux/pmem.h +
> arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h). The availability of copy_from_iter_wt()
> and memcpy_wt() are gated by the CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT config
> symbol, and fallback to copy_from_iter_nocache() and plain memcpy()
> otherwise.
> 
> This is meant to satisfy the concern from Linus that if a driver wants
> to do something beyond the normal nocache semantics it should be
> something private to that driver [1], and Al's concern that anything
> uaccess related belongs with the rest of the uaccess code [2].
> 
> [1]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-January/008364.html
> [2]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-April/009942.html
> 
> Cc: <x86@kernel.org>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> ---
<>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
> index c5504b9a472e..07ded30c7e89 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
> @@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ unsigned long raw_copy_in_user(void __user *dst, const void __user *src, unsigne
>  extern long __copy_user_nocache(void *dst, const void __user *src,
>  				unsigned size, int zerorest);
>  
> +extern long __copy_user_wt(void *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned size);
> +extern void memcpy_page_wt(char *to, struct page *page, size_t offset,
> +			   size_t len);
> +
>  static inline int
>  __copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache(void *dst, const void __user *src,
>  				  unsigned size)
> @@ -179,6 +183,13 @@ __copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache(void *dst, const void __user *src,
>  	return __copy_user_nocache(dst, src, size, 0);
>  }
>  
> +static inline int
> +__copy_from_user_inatomic_wt(void *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned size)
> +{
> +	kasan_check_write(dst, size);
> +	return __copy_user_wt(dst, src, size);
> +}
> +
>  unsigned long
>  copy_user_handle_tail(char *to, char *from, unsigned len);
>  
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
> index 3b7c40a2e3e1..0aeff66a022f 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
> @@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
>   */
>  #include <linux/export.h>
>  #include <linux/uaccess.h>
> +#include <linux/highmem.h>
>  
>  /*
>   * Zero Userspace
> @@ -73,3 +74,130 @@ copy_user_handle_tail(char *to, char *from, unsigned len)
>  	clac();
>  	return len;
>  }
> +
> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT
> +/**
> + * clean_cache_range - write back a cache range with CLWB
> + * @vaddr:	virtual start address
> + * @size:	number of bytes to write back
> + *
> + * Write back a cache range using the CLWB (cache line write back)
> + * instruction. Note that @size is internally rounded up to be cache
> + * line size aligned.
> + */
> +static void clean_cache_range(void *addr, size_t size)
> +{
> +	u16 x86_clflush_size = boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size;
> +	unsigned long clflush_mask = x86_clflush_size - 1;
> +	void *vend = addr + size;
> +	void *p;
> +
> +	for (p = (void *)((unsigned long)addr & ~clflush_mask);
> +	     p < vend; p += x86_clflush_size)
> +		clwb(p);
> +}
> +
> +long __copy_user_wt(void *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned size)
> +{
> +	unsigned long flushed, dest = (unsigned long) dst;
> +	long rc = __copy_user_nocache(dst, src, size, 0);
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * __copy_user_nocache() uses non-temporal stores for the bulk
> +	 * of the transfer, but we need to manually flush if the
> +	 * transfer is unaligned. A cached memory copy is used when
> +	 * destination or size is not naturally aligned. That is:
> +	 *   - Require 8-byte alignment when size is 8 bytes or larger.
> +	 *   - Require 4-byte alignment when size is 4 bytes.
> +	 */
> +	if (size < 8) {
> +		if (!IS_ALIGNED(dest, 4) || size != 4)
> +			clean_cache_range(dst, 1);
> +	} else {
> +		if (!IS_ALIGNED(dest, 8)) {
> +			dest = ALIGN(dest, boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size);
> +			clean_cache_range(dst, 1);
> +		}
> +
> +		flushed = dest - (unsigned long) dst;
> +		if (size > flushed && !IS_ALIGNED(size - flushed, 8))
> +			clean_cache_range(dst + size - 1, 1);
> +	}
> +
> +	return rc;
> +}
> +
> +void memcpy_wt(void *_dst, const void *_src, size_t size)
> +{
> +	unsigned long dest = (unsigned long) _dst;
> +	unsigned long source = (unsigned long) _src;
> +
> +	/* cache copy and flush to align dest */
> +	if (!IS_ALIGNED(dest, 8)) {
> +		unsigned len = min_t(unsigned, size, ALIGN(dest, 8) - dest);
> +
> +		memcpy((void *) dest, (void *) source, len);
> +		clean_cache_range((void *) dest, len);
> +		dest += len;
> +		source += len;
> +		size -= len;
> +		if (!size)
> +			return;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* 4x8 movnti loop */
> +	while (size >= 32) {
> +		asm("movq    (%0), %%r8\n"
> +		    "movq   8(%0), %%r9\n"
> +		    "movq  16(%0), %%r10\n"
> +		    "movq  24(%0), %%r11\n"
> +		    "movnti  %%r8,   (%1)\n"
> +		    "movnti  %%r9,  8(%1)\n"
> +		    "movnti %%r10, 16(%1)\n"
> +		    "movnti %%r11, 24(%1)\n"
> +		    :: "r" (source), "r" (dest)
> +		    : "memory", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11");
> +		dest += 32;
> +		source += 32;
> +		size -= 32;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* 1x8 movnti loop */
> +	while (size >= 8) {
> +		asm("movq    (%0), %%r8\n"
> +		    "movnti  %%r8,   (%1)\n"
> +		    :: "r" (source), "r" (dest)
> +		    : "memory", "r8");
> +		dest += 8;
> +		source += 8;
> +		size -= 8;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* 1x4 movnti loop */
> +	while (size >= 4) {
> +		asm("movl    (%0), %%r8d\n"
> +		    "movnti  %%r8d,   (%1)\n"
> +		    :: "r" (source), "r" (dest)
> +		    : "memory", "r8");
> +		dest += 4;
> +		source += 4;
> +		size -= 4;
> +	}
> +
> +	/* cache copy for remaining bytes */
> +	if (size) {
> +		memcpy((void *) dest, (void *) source, size);
> +		clean_cache_range((void *) dest, size);
> +	}
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memcpy_wt);

I took a pretty hard look at the changes in arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c, and
they look correct to me.  The inline assembly for non-temporal copies mixed
with C for loop control is IMHO much easier to follow than the pure assembly
of __copy_user_nocache().

Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Dan Williams May 8, 2017, 8:40 p.m. UTC | #13
On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Ross Zwisler
<ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 28, 2017 at 12:39:12PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> The pmem driver has a need to transfer data with a persistent memory
>> destination and be able to rely on the fact that the destination writes
>> are not cached. It is sufficient for the writes to be flushed to a
>> cpu-store-buffer (non-temporal / "movnt" in x86 terms), as we expect
>> userspace to call fsync() to ensure data-writes have reached a
>> power-fail-safe zone in the platform. The fsync() triggers a REQ_FUA or
>> REQ_FLUSH to the pmem driver which will turn around and fence previous
>> writes with an "sfence".
>>
>> Implement a __copy_from_user_inatomic_wt, memcpy_page_wt, and memcpy_wt,
>> that guarantee that the destination buffer is not dirty in the cpu cache
>> on completion. The new copy_from_iter_wt and sub-routines will be used
>> to replace the "pmem api" (include/linux/pmem.h +
>> arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h). The availability of copy_from_iter_wt()
>> and memcpy_wt() are gated by the CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT config
>> symbol, and fallback to copy_from_iter_nocache() and plain memcpy()
>> otherwise.
>>
>> This is meant to satisfy the concern from Linus that if a driver wants
>> to do something beyond the normal nocache semantics it should be
>> something private to that driver [1], and Al's concern that anything
>> uaccess related belongs with the rest of the uaccess code [2].
>>
>> [1]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-January/008364.html
>> [2]: https://lists.01.org/pipermail/linux-nvdimm/2017-April/009942.html
>>
>> Cc: <x86@kernel.org>
>> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
>> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
>> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
>> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
>> Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
>> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
[..]
> I took a pretty hard look at the changes in arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c, and
> they look correct to me.  The inline assembly for non-temporal copies mixed
> with C for loop control is IMHO much easier to follow than the pure assembly
> of __copy_user_nocache().
>
> Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>

Thanks Ross, I appreciate it.
diff mbox

Patch

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 1d50fdff77ee..398117923b1c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@  config X86
 	select ARCH_HAS_KCOV			if X86_64
 	select ARCH_HAS_MMIO_FLUSH
 	select ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API		if X86_64
+	select ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT		if X86_64
 	select ARCH_HAS_SET_MEMORY
 	select ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
 	select ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
index 733bae07fb29..dfbd66b11c72 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/string_64.h
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@  memcpy_mcsafe(void *dst, const void *src, size_t cnt)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT
+#define __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY_WT 1
+void memcpy_wt(void *dst, const void *src, size_t cnt);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_STRING_64_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index c5504b9a472e..07ded30c7e89 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@  unsigned long raw_copy_in_user(void __user *dst, const void __user *src, unsigne
 extern long __copy_user_nocache(void *dst, const void __user *src,
 				unsigned size, int zerorest);
 
+extern long __copy_user_wt(void *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned size);
+extern void memcpy_page_wt(char *to, struct page *page, size_t offset,
+			   size_t len);
+
 static inline int
 __copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache(void *dst, const void __user *src,
 				  unsigned size)
@@ -179,6 +183,13 @@  __copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache(void *dst, const void __user *src,
 	return __copy_user_nocache(dst, src, size, 0);
 }
 
+static inline int
+__copy_from_user_inatomic_wt(void *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned size)
+{
+	kasan_check_write(dst, size);
+	return __copy_user_wt(dst, src, size);
+}
+
 unsigned long
 copy_user_handle_tail(char *to, char *from, unsigned len);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
index 3b7c40a2e3e1..0aeff66a022f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ 
  */
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
+#include <linux/highmem.h>
 
 /*
  * Zero Userspace
@@ -73,3 +74,130 @@  copy_user_handle_tail(char *to, char *from, unsigned len)
 	clac();
 	return len;
 }
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT
+/**
+ * clean_cache_range - write back a cache range with CLWB
+ * @vaddr:	virtual start address
+ * @size:	number of bytes to write back
+ *
+ * Write back a cache range using the CLWB (cache line write back)
+ * instruction. Note that @size is internally rounded up to be cache
+ * line size aligned.
+ */
+static void clean_cache_range(void *addr, size_t size)
+{
+	u16 x86_clflush_size = boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size;
+	unsigned long clflush_mask = x86_clflush_size - 1;
+	void *vend = addr + size;
+	void *p;
+
+	for (p = (void *)((unsigned long)addr & ~clflush_mask);
+	     p < vend; p += x86_clflush_size)
+		clwb(p);
+}
+
+long __copy_user_wt(void *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned size)
+{
+	unsigned long flushed, dest = (unsigned long) dst;
+	long rc = __copy_user_nocache(dst, src, size, 0);
+
+	/*
+	 * __copy_user_nocache() uses non-temporal stores for the bulk
+	 * of the transfer, but we need to manually flush if the
+	 * transfer is unaligned. A cached memory copy is used when
+	 * destination or size is not naturally aligned. That is:
+	 *   - Require 8-byte alignment when size is 8 bytes or larger.
+	 *   - Require 4-byte alignment when size is 4 bytes.
+	 */
+	if (size < 8) {
+		if (!IS_ALIGNED(dest, 4) || size != 4)
+			clean_cache_range(dst, 1);
+	} else {
+		if (!IS_ALIGNED(dest, 8)) {
+			dest = ALIGN(dest, boot_cpu_data.x86_clflush_size);
+			clean_cache_range(dst, 1);
+		}
+
+		flushed = dest - (unsigned long) dst;
+		if (size > flushed && !IS_ALIGNED(size - flushed, 8))
+			clean_cache_range(dst + size - 1, 1);
+	}
+
+	return rc;
+}
+
+void memcpy_wt(void *_dst, const void *_src, size_t size)
+{
+	unsigned long dest = (unsigned long) _dst;
+	unsigned long source = (unsigned long) _src;
+
+	/* cache copy and flush to align dest */
+	if (!IS_ALIGNED(dest, 8)) {
+		unsigned len = min_t(unsigned, size, ALIGN(dest, 8) - dest);
+
+		memcpy((void *) dest, (void *) source, len);
+		clean_cache_range((void *) dest, len);
+		dest += len;
+		source += len;
+		size -= len;
+		if (!size)
+			return;
+	}
+
+	/* 4x8 movnti loop */
+	while (size >= 32) {
+		asm("movq    (%0), %%r8\n"
+		    "movq   8(%0), %%r9\n"
+		    "movq  16(%0), %%r10\n"
+		    "movq  24(%0), %%r11\n"
+		    "movnti  %%r8,   (%1)\n"
+		    "movnti  %%r9,  8(%1)\n"
+		    "movnti %%r10, 16(%1)\n"
+		    "movnti %%r11, 24(%1)\n"
+		    :: "r" (source), "r" (dest)
+		    : "memory", "r8", "r9", "r10", "r11");
+		dest += 32;
+		source += 32;
+		size -= 32;
+	}
+
+	/* 1x8 movnti loop */
+	while (size >= 8) {
+		asm("movq    (%0), %%r8\n"
+		    "movnti  %%r8,   (%1)\n"
+		    :: "r" (source), "r" (dest)
+		    : "memory", "r8");
+		dest += 8;
+		source += 8;
+		size -= 8;
+	}
+
+	/* 1x4 movnti loop */
+	while (size >= 4) {
+		asm("movl    (%0), %%r8d\n"
+		    "movnti  %%r8d,   (%1)\n"
+		    :: "r" (source), "r" (dest)
+		    : "memory", "r8");
+		dest += 4;
+		source += 4;
+		size -= 4;
+	}
+
+	/* cache copy for remaining bytes */
+	if (size) {
+		memcpy((void *) dest, (void *) source, size);
+		clean_cache_range((void *) dest, size);
+	}
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(memcpy_wt);
+
+void memcpy_page_wt(char *to, struct page *page, size_t offset,
+		size_t len)
+{
+	char *from = kmap_atomic(page);
+
+	memcpy_wt(to, from + offset, len);
+	kunmap_atomic(from);
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
index d0c07b2344e4..be9bba609f26 100644
--- a/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
+++ b/drivers/acpi/nfit/core.c
@@ -1776,8 +1776,7 @@  static int acpi_nfit_blk_single_io(struct nfit_blk *nfit_blk,
 		}
 
 		if (rw)
-			memcpy_to_pmem(mmio->addr.aperture + offset,
-					iobuf + copied, c);
+			memcpy_wt(mmio->addr.aperture + offset, iobuf + copied, c);
 		else {
 			if (nfit_blk->dimm_flags & NFIT_BLK_READ_FLUSH)
 				mmio_flush_range((void __force *)
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
index 3a35e8028b9c..864ed42baaf0 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/claim.c
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@  static int nsio_rw_bytes(struct nd_namespace_common *ndns,
 			rc = -EIO;
 	}
 
-	memcpy_to_pmem(nsio->addr + offset, buf, size);
+	memcpy_wt(nsio->addr + offset, buf, size);
 	nvdimm_flush(to_nd_region(ndns->dev.parent));
 
 	return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 3b3dab73d741..4be8f30de9b3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ 
 #include <linux/pfn_t.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/pmem.h>
+#include <linux/uio.h>
 #include <linux/dax.h>
 #include <linux/nd.h>
 #include "pmem.h"
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@  static void write_pmem(void *pmem_addr, struct page *page,
 {
 	void *mem = kmap_atomic(page);
 
-	memcpy_to_pmem(pmem_addr, mem + off, len);
+	memcpy_wt(pmem_addr, mem + off, len);
 	kunmap_atomic(mem);
 }
 
@@ -234,8 +235,15 @@  static long pmem_dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
 	return __pmem_direct_access(pmem, pgoff, nr_pages, kaddr, pfn);
 }
 
+static size_t pmem_copy_from_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
+		void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
+{
+	return copy_from_iter_wt(addr, bytes, i);
+}
+
 static const struct dax_operations pmem_dax_ops = {
 	.direct_access = pmem_dax_direct_access,
+	.copy_from_iter = pmem_copy_from_iter,
 };
 
 static void pmem_release_queue(void *q)
@@ -288,7 +296,8 @@  static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, pmem);
 	pmem->phys_addr = res->start;
 	pmem->size = resource_size(res);
-	if (nvdimm_has_flush(nd_region) < 0)
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT)
+			|| nvdimm_has_flush(nd_region) < 0)
 		dev_warn(dev, "unable to guarantee persistence of writes\n");
 
 	if (!devm_request_mem_region(dev, res->start, resource_size(res),
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
index b7cb5066d961..016af2a6694d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
@@ -947,8 +947,8 @@  void nvdimm_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 	 * The first wmb() is needed to 'sfence' all previous writes
 	 * such that they are architecturally visible for the platform
 	 * buffer flush.  Note that we've already arranged for pmem
-	 * writes to avoid the cache via arch_memcpy_to_pmem().  The
-	 * final wmb() ensures ordering for the NVDIMM flush write.
+	 * writes to avoid the cache via memcpy_wt().  The final wmb()
+	 * ensures ordering for the NVDIMM flush write.
 	 */
 	wmb();
 	for (i = 0; i < nd_region->ndr_mappings; i++)
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index d3158e74a59e..156f067d4db5 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@  struct dax_operations {
 	 */
 	long (*direct_access)(struct dax_device *, pgoff_t, long,
 			void **, pfn_t *);
+	/* copy_from_iter: dax-driver override for default copy_from_iter */
+	size_t (*copy_from_iter)(struct dax_device *, pgoff_t, void *, size_t,
+			struct iov_iter *);
 };
 
 int dax_read_lock(void);
diff --git a/include/linux/string.h b/include/linux/string.h
index 9d6f189157e2..245e0a29b7e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/string.h
+++ b/include/linux/string.h
@@ -122,6 +122,12 @@  static inline __must_check int memcpy_mcsafe(void *dst, const void *src,
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif
+#ifndef __HAVE_ARCH_MEMCPY_WT
+static inline void memcpy_wt(void *dst, const void *src, size_t cnt)
+{
+	memcpy(dst, src, cnt);
+}
+#endif
 void *memchr_inv(const void *s, int c, size_t n);
 char *strreplace(char *s, char old, char new);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/uio.h b/include/linux/uio.h
index f2d36a3d3005..30c43aa371b5 100644
--- a/include/linux/uio.h
+++ b/include/linux/uio.h
@@ -95,6 +95,21 @@  size_t copy_to_iter(const void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i);
 size_t copy_from_iter(void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i);
 bool copy_from_iter_full(void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i);
 size_t copy_from_iter_nocache(void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i);
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT
+/*
+ * Note, users like pmem that depend on the stricter semantics of
+ * copy_from_iter_wt() than copy_from_iter_nocache() must check
+ * for IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WRITETHROUGH) before assuming
+ * that the destination is flushed from the cache on return.
+ */
+size_t copy_from_iter_wt(void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i);
+#else
+static inline size_t copy_from_iter_wt(void *addr, size_t bytes,
+				       struct iov_iter *i)
+{
+	return copy_from_iter_nocache(addr, bytes, i);
+}
+#endif
 bool copy_from_iter_full_nocache(void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i);
 size_t iov_iter_zero(size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *);
 unsigned long iov_iter_alignment(const struct iov_iter *i);
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 0c8b78a9ae2e..f0752a7a9001 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -548,6 +548,9 @@  config ARCH_HAS_SG_CHAIN
 config ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT
+	bool
+
 config ARCH_HAS_MMIO_FLUSH
 	bool
 
diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index f7c93568ec99..19ab9af091f9 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -615,6 +615,27 @@  size_t copy_from_iter_nocache(void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(copy_from_iter_nocache);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_UACCESS_WT
+size_t copy_from_iter_wt(void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
+{
+	char *to = addr;
+	if (unlikely(i->type & ITER_PIPE)) {
+		WARN_ON(1);
+		return 0;
+	}
+	iterate_and_advance(i, bytes, v,
+		__copy_from_user_inatomic_wt((to += v.iov_len) - v.iov_len,
+					 v.iov_base, v.iov_len),
+		memcpy_page_wt((to += v.bv_len) - v.bv_len, v.bv_page,
+				 v.bv_offset, v.bv_len),
+		memcpy_wt((to += v.iov_len) - v.iov_len, v.iov_base, v.iov_len)
+	)
+
+	return bytes;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(copy_from_iter_wt);
+#endif
+
 bool copy_from_iter_full_nocache(void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
 {
 	char *to = addr;