[PATCH 01/15] ARM: add mem_type prot_pte accessor
Christoffer Dall
c.dall at virtualopensystems.com
Tue Sep 18 15:18:12 EDT 2012
On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 04:34:36PM +0100, Christoffer Dall wrote:
>> From: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>>
>> The KVM hypervisor mmu code requires access to the mem_type prot_pte
>> field when setting up page tables pointing to a device. Unfortunately,
>> the mem_type structure is opaque.
>>
>> Add an accessor (get_mem_type_prot_pte()) to retrieve the prot_pte
>> value.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier at arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Christoffer Dall <c.dall at virtualopensystems.com>
>> ---
>> arch/arm/include/asm/mach/map.h | 1 +
>> arch/arm/mm/mmu.c | 6 ++++++
>> 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/map.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/map.h
>> index a6efcdd..3787c9f 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/map.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/mach/map.h
>> @@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ extern void iotable_init(struct map_desc *, int);
>>
>> struct mem_type;
>> extern const struct mem_type *get_mem_type(unsigned int type);
>> +extern pteval_t get_mem_type_prot_pte(unsigned int type);
>> /*
>> * external interface to remap single page with appropriate type
>> */
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
>> index 4c2d045..76bf4f5 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
>> @@ -301,6 +301,12 @@ const struct mem_type *get_mem_type(unsigned int type)
>> }
>> EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_mem_type);
>>
>> +pteval_t get_mem_type_prot_pte(unsigned int type)
>> +{
>> + return get_mem_type(type)->prot_pte;
>> +}
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_mem_type_prot_pte);
>> +
>
> get_mem_type can return NULL, so you should probably pass the error through
> rather than dereferencing it.
>
right, I guess callers can check against 0, since L_PTE_PRESENT should
always be there.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
index a153fd4..f2b6287 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_mem_type);
pteval_t get_mem_type_prot_pte(unsigned int type)
{
- return get_mem_type(type)->prot_pte;
+ if (get_mem_type(type))
+ return get_mem_type(type)->prot_pte;
+ return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(get_mem_type_prot_pte);
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