[PATCH v3 4/6] ARM: mm: Correct virt_to_phys patching for 64 bit physical addresses

Sricharan R r.sricharan at ti.com
Fri Oct 4 01:37:33 EDT 2013


Hi,
On Friday 04 October 2013 05:47 AM, Nicolas Pitre wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Oct 2013, Santosh Shilimkar wrote:
>
>> From: Sricharan R <r.sricharan at ti.com>
>>
>> The current phys_to_virt patching mechanism works only for 32 bit
>> physical addresses and this patch extends the idea for 64bit physical
>> addresses.
>>
>> The 64bit v2p patching mechanism patches the higher 8 bits of physical
>> address with a constant using 'mov' instruction and lower 32bits are patched
>> using 'add'. While this is correct, in those platforms where the lowmem addressable
>> physical memory spawns across 4GB boundary, a carry bit can be produced as a
>> result of addition of lower 32bits. This has to be taken in to account and added
>> in to the upper. The patched __pv_offset and va are added in lower 32bits, where
>> __pv_offset can be in two's complement form when PA_START < VA_START and that can
>> result in a false carry bit.
>>
>> e.g
>>     1) PA = 0x80000000; VA = 0xC0000000
>>        __pv_offset = PA - VA = 0xC0000000 (2's complement)
>>
>>     2) PA = 0x2 80000000; VA = 0xC000000
>>        __pv_offset = PA - VA = 0x1 C0000000
>>
>> So adding __pv_offset + VA should never result in a true overflow for (1).
>> So in order to differentiate between a true carry, a __pv_offset is extended
>> to 64bit and the upper 32bits will have 0xffffffff if __pv_offset is
>> 2's complement. So 'mvn #0' is inserted instead of 'mov' while patching
>> for the same reason. Since mov, add, sub instruction are to patched
>> with different constants inside the same stub, the rotation field
>> of the opcode is using to differentiate between them.
>>
>> So the above examples for v2p translation becomes for VA=0xC0000000,
>>     1) PA[63:32] = 0xffffffff
>>        PA[31:0] = VA + 0xC0000000 --> results in a carry
>>        PA[63:32] = PA[63:32] + carry
>>
>>        PA[63:0] = 0x0 80000000
>>
>>     2) PA[63:32] = 0x1
>>        PA[31:0] = VA + 0xC0000000 --> results in a carry
>>        PA[63:32] = PA[63:32] + carry
>>
>>        PA[63:0] = 0x2 80000000
>>
>> The above ideas were suggested by Nicolas Pitre <nico at linaro.org> as
>> part of the review of first and second versions of the subject patch.
>>
>> There is no corresponding change on the phys_to_virt() side, because
>> computations on the upper 32-bits would be discarded anyway.
>>
>> Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico at linaro.org>
>> Cc: Russell King <linux at arm.linux.org.uk>
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Sricharan R <r.sricharan at ti.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar at ti.com>
> Almost there ...
>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h |   35 +++++++++++++++++++++---
>>  arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.c    |    1 +
>>  arch/arm/kernel/head.S        |   60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
>>  arch/arm/kernel/patch.c       |    3 +++
>>  4 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
>> index d9b96c65..942ad84 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
>> @@ -172,9 +172,12 @@
>>   * so that all we need to do is modify the 8-bit constant field.
>>   */
>>  #define __PV_BITS_31_24	0x81000000
>> +#define __PV_BITS_7_0	0x81
>>  
>>  extern phys_addr_t (*arch_virt_to_idmap) (unsigned long x);
>> -extern unsigned long __pv_phys_offset;
>> +extern u64 __pv_phys_offset;
>> +extern u64 __pv_offset;
>> +
>>  #define PHYS_OFFSET __pv_phys_offset
>>  
>>  #define __pv_stub(from,to,instr,type)			\
>> @@ -186,10 +189,36 @@ extern unsigned long __pv_phys_offset;
>>  	: "=r" (to)					\
>>  	: "r" (from), "I" (type))
>>  
>> +#define __pv_stub_mov_hi(t)				\
>> +	__asm__ volatile("@ __pv_stub_mov\n"		\
>> +	"1:	mov	%R0, %1\n"			\
>> +	"	.pushsection .pv_table,\"a\"\n"		\
>> +	"	.long	1b\n"				\
>> +	"	.popsection\n"				\
>> +	: "=r" (t)					\
>> +	: "I" (__PV_BITS_7_0))
>> +
>> +#define __pv_add_carry_stub(x, y)			\
>> +	__asm__ volatile("@ __pv_add_carry_stub\n"	\
>> +	"1:	adds	%Q0, %1, %2\n"			\
>> +	"	adc	%R0, %R0, #0\n"			\
>> +	"	.pushsection .pv_table,\"a\"\n"		\
>> +	"	.long	1b\n"				\
>> +	"	.popsection\n"				\
>> +	: "+r" (y)					\
>> +	: "r" (x), "I" (__PV_BITS_31_24)		\
> The third operand i.e. __PV_BITS_31_24 is useless here.
  This is used to encode the correct rotation and we use
  this in the patching code to identify the the offset to
  be patched.
>> +	: "cc")
>> +
>>  static inline phys_addr_t __virt_to_phys(unsigned long x)
>>  {
>> -	unsigned long t;
>> -	__pv_stub(x, t, "add", __PV_BITS_31_24);
>> +	phys_addr_t t;
>> +
>> +	if (sizeof(phys_addr_t) == 4) {
>> +		__pv_stub(x, t, "add", __PV_BITS_31_24);
>> +	} else {
>> +		__pv_stub_mov_hi(t);
>> +		__pv_add_carry_stub(x, t);
>> +	}
>>  	return t;
>>  }
>>  
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.c b/arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.c
>> index 60d3b73..1f031dd 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/armksyms.c
>> @@ -155,4 +155,5 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__gnu_mcount_nc);
>>  
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT
>>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pv_phys_offset);
>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(__pv_offset);
>>  #endif
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
>> index 2c7cc1e..90d04d7 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
>> @@ -536,6 +536,14 @@ ENTRY(fixup_smp)
>>  	ldmfd	sp!, {r4 - r6, pc}
>>  ENDPROC(fixup_smp)
>>  
>> +#ifdef __ARMEB_
>> +#define LOW_OFFSET	0x4
>> +#define HIGH_OFFSET	0x0
>> +#else
>> +#define LOW_OFFSET	0x0
>> +#define HIGH_OFFSET	0x4
>> +#endif
>> +
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT
>>  
>>  /* __fixup_pv_table - patch the stub instructions with the delta between
>> @@ -546,17 +554,20 @@ ENDPROC(fixup_smp)
>>  	__HEAD
>>  __fixup_pv_table:
>>  	adr	r0, 1f
>> -	ldmia	r0, {r3-r5, r7}
>> -	sub	r3, r0, r3	@ PHYS_OFFSET - PAGE_OFFSET
>> +	ldmia	r0, {r3-r7}
>> +	mvn	ip, #0
>> +	subs	r3, r0, r3	@ PHYS_OFFSET - PAGE_OFFSET
>>  	add	r4, r4, r3	@ adjust table start address
>>  	add	r5, r5, r3	@ adjust table end address
>> -	add	r7, r7, r3	@ adjust __pv_phys_offset address
>> -	str	r8, [r7]	@ save computed PHYS_OFFSET to __pv_phys_offset
>> +	add	r6, r6, r3	@ adjust __pv_phys_offset address
>> +	add	r7, r7, r3	@ adjust __pv_offset address
>> +	str	r8, [r6, #LOW_OFFSET]	@ save computed PHYS_OFFSET to __pv_phys_offset
>> +	strcc	ip, [r7, #HIGH_OFFSET]	@ save to __pv_offset high bits
>>  	mov	r6, r3, lsr #24	@ constant for add/sub instructions
>>  	teq	r3, r6, lsl #24 @ must be 16MiB aligned
>>  THUMB(	it	ne		@ cross section branch )
>>  	bne	__error
>> -	str	r6, [r7, #4]	@ save to __pv_offset
>> +	str	r3, [r7, #LOW_OFFSET]	@ save to __pv_offset low bits
>>  	b	__fixup_a_pv_table
>>  ENDPROC(__fixup_pv_table)
>>  
>> @@ -565,9 +576,18 @@ ENDPROC(__fixup_pv_table)
>>  	.long	__pv_table_begin
>>  	.long	__pv_table_end
>>  2:	.long	__pv_phys_offset
>> +	.long	__pv_offset
>>  
>>  	.text
>>  __fixup_a_pv_table:
>> +	adr	r0, 3f
>> +	ldr	r6, [r0]
>> +	add	r6, r6, r3
>> +	ldr	r0, [r6, #HIGH_OFFSET]	@ pv_offset high word
>> +	ldr	r6, [r6, #LOW_OFFSET]	@ pv_offset low word
>> +	mov	r6, r6, lsr #24
>> +	cmn	r0, #1
>> +	moveq	r0, #0x400000	@ set bit 22, mov to mvn instruction
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
>>  	lsls	r6, #24
>>  	beq	2f
>> @@ -582,9 +602,15 @@ __fixup_a_pv_table:
>>  	b	2f
>>  1:	add     r7, r3
>>  	ldrh	ip, [r7, #2]
>> -	and	ip, 0x8f00
>> -	orr	ip, r6	@ mask in offset bits 31-24
>> +	tst	ip, #0x4000
>> +	and	ip, #0x8f00
>> +	orrne	ip, r6	@ mask in offset bits 31-24
>> +	orreq	ip, r0	@ mask in offset bits 7-0
>>  	strh	ip, [r7, #2]
>> +	ldrheq	ip, [r7]
>> +	biceq	ip, #0x20
>> +	orreq	ip, ip, r0, lsr #16
>> +	strheq	ip, [r7]
>>  2:	cmp	r4, r5
>>  	ldrcc	r7, [r4], #4	@ use branch for delay slot
>>  	bcc	1b
>> @@ -593,7 +619,10 @@ __fixup_a_pv_table:
>>  	b	2f
>>  1:	ldr	ip, [r7, r3]
>>  	bic	ip, ip, #0x000000ff
>> -	orr	ip, ip, r6	@ mask in offset bits 31-24
>> +	tst	ip, #0xf00	@ check the rotation field
>> +	orrne	ip, ip, r6	@ mask in offset bits 31-24
>> +	biceq	ip, ip, #0x400000	@ clear bit 22
>> +	orreq	ip, ip, r0	@ mask in offset bits 7-0
>>  	str	ip, [r7, r3]
>>  2:	cmp	r4, r5
>>  	ldrcc	r7, [r4], #4	@ use branch for delay slot
>> @@ -602,28 +631,17 @@ __fixup_a_pv_table:
>>  #endif
>>  ENDPROC(__fixup_a_pv_table)
>>  
>> +3:	.long __pv_offset
>> +
>>  ENTRY(fixup_pv_table)
>>  	stmfd	sp!, {r4 - r7, lr}
>> -	ldr	r2, 2f			@ get address of __pv_phys_offset
>>  	mov	r3, #0			@ no offset
>>  	mov	r4, r0			@ r0 = table start
>>  	add	r5, r0, r1		@ r1 = table size
>> -	ldr	r6, [r2, #4]		@ get __pv_offset
>>  	bl	__fixup_a_pv_table
>>  	ldmfd	sp!, {r4 - r7, pc}
>>  ENDPROC(fixup_pv_table)
>>  
>> -	.align
>> -2:	.long	__pv_phys_offset
>> -
>> -	.data
>> -	.globl	__pv_phys_offset
>> -	.type	__pv_phys_offset, %object
>> -__pv_phys_offset:
>> -	.long	0
>> -	.size	__pv_phys_offset, . - __pv_phys_offset
>> -__pv_offset:
>> -	.long	0
>>  #endif
>>  
>>  #include "head-common.S"
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c b/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
>> index 07314af..8356312 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/patch.c
>> @@ -8,6 +8,9 @@
>>  
>>  #include "patch.h"
>>  
>> +u64 __pv_phys_offset __attribute__((section(".data")));
>> +u64 __pv_offset __attribute__((section(".data")));
> Please add a comment explaining why you force those variables out of the 
> .bss section.  This is unlikely to be obvious to people.
>
> In fact, is there a reason why you moved those out of head.S?  You only 
> needed to replace the .long with .quad to match the u64 type.
>
> I think I might have suggested moving them out if they were to be typed 
> with phys_addr_t, but using a fixed u64 is simpler.
 Yes, I moved it here after your comments :-) . Since it is always u64
  i can move it to head.S with quad as well.

Regards,
 Sricharan




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