[PATCH v2 2/2] ARM : change fixmap mapping region to support 32 CPUs

Nicolas Pitre nicolas.pitre at linaro.org
Mon Apr 14 06:50:08 PDT 2014


On Mon, 14 Apr 2014, Liu hua wrote:

> Yes, it seems that FIX_KMAP_BEGIN and FIX_KMAP_END are not as important for
> ARM than that for other architectures (MIPS PowerPC x86), whose FIX_KMAP_BEGIN
> is not 0. I will reminder this in my patch. Anyone who need them can get
> imformantion there.
> 
> 
> Now the new patchs are following. Maybe I sould resend the patch series
> with a new tag. If It is time to do that. Can I add this information
> "Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico at linaro.org>" ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Liu Hua.
> 
> -----------------patch 1-------------------------
> 
> Subject: [PATCH 1/2] ARM : fixmap : remove FIX_KMAP_BEGIN and FIX_KMAP_END
> 
> It seems that these two variables are not used by non
> architecture specific code. And on ARM FIX_KMAP_BEGIN
> equals zero; FIX_KMAP_END is totally not used by the
> kernel.
> 
> This patch removes these two variables. The code will
> become clear when I introduce a bugfix on fixmap mapping

s/clear/clearer/

> region.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liu Hua <sdu.liu at huawei.com>
> ---
>  arch/arm/include/asm/fixmap.h | 12 ++++++++----
>  arch/arm/mm/highmem.c         |  6 +++---
>  2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/fixmap.h
> index bbae919..8675bb9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/fixmap.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/fixmap.h
> @@ -17,9 +17,13 @@
>  #define FIXADDR_TOP		0xfffe0000UL
>  #define FIXADDR_SIZE		(FIXADDR_TOP - FIXADDR_START)
> 
> -#define FIX_KMAP_BEGIN		0
> -#define FIX_KMAP_END		(FIXADDR_SIZE >> PAGE_SHIFT)
> -
> +/* Notice : FIX_KMAP_END and FIX_KMAP_BEGIN are removed.
> + *
> + * Instead, using FIX_KMAP_NR_PTES to tell the pte number
> + * belonged to fixmap mapping region.
> + *
> + */

Please move this comment to the commit log instead.  This is not 
important enough to occupy that much space in the code.

> +#define FIX_KMAP_NR_PTES	(FIXADDR_SIZE >> PAGE_SHIFT)
>  #define __fix_to_virt(x)	(FIXADDR_START + ((x) << PAGE_SHIFT))
>  #define __virt_to_fix(x)	(((x) - FIXADDR_START) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
> 
> @@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ extern void __this_fixmap_does_not_exist(void);
> 
>  static inline unsigned long fix_to_virt(const unsigned int idx)
>  {
> -	if (idx >= FIX_KMAP_END)
> +	if (idx >= FIX_KMAP_NR_PTES)
>  		__this_fixmap_does_not_exist();
>  	return __fix_to_virt(idx);
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/highmem.c b/arch/arm/mm/highmem.c
> index 21b9e1b..e05e8ad 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/highmem.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/highmem.c
> @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ void *kmap_atomic(struct page *page)
>  	type = kmap_atomic_idx_push();
> 
>  	idx = type + KM_TYPE_NR * smp_processor_id();
> -	vaddr = __fix_to_virt(FIX_KMAP_BEGIN + idx);
> +	vaddr = __fix_to_virt(idx);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM
>  	/*
>  	 * With debugging enabled, kunmap_atomic forces that entry to 0.
> @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ void __kunmap_atomic(void *kvaddr)
>  		if (cache_is_vivt())
>  			__cpuc_flush_dcache_area((void *)vaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM
> -		BUG_ON(vaddr != __fix_to_virt(FIX_KMAP_BEGIN + idx));
> +		BUG_ON(vaddr != __fix_to_virt(idx));
>  		set_top_pte(vaddr, __pte(0));
>  #else
>  		(void) idx;  /* to kill a warning */
> @@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ void *kmap_atomic_pfn(unsigned long pfn)
> 
>  	type = kmap_atomic_idx_push();
>  	idx = type + KM_TYPE_NR * smp_processor_id();
> -	vaddr = __fix_to_virt(FIX_KMAP_BEGIN + idx);
> +	vaddr = __fix_to_virt(idx);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM
>  	BUG_ON(!pte_none(get_top_pte(vaddr)));
>  #endif
> -- 
> 1.9.0

With the above details fixed you may add:

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico at linaro.org>

> -----------------patch 2-------------------------
> 
> 
> 
> Subject: [PATCH 2/2] ARM : change fixmap mapping region to support 32 CPUs
> 
> In 32-bit ARM systems, the fixmap mapping region can support
> no more than 14 CPUs(total: 896k; one CPU: 64K). And we can
> configure NR_CPUS up to 32. So there is a mismatch.
> 
> This patch moves fixmapping region downwards to region
> 0xffc00000-0xffe00000 . Then the fixmap mapping region can
> support up to 32 CPUs
> 
> Signed-off-by: Liu Hua <sdu.liu at huawei.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/arm/memory.txt   |  2 +-
>  arch/arm/include/asm/fixmap.h  | 16 ++--------------
>  arch/arm/include/asm/highmem.h |  1 +
>  arch/arm/mm/highmem.c          | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
>  arch/arm/mm/mmu.c              |  4 ++++
>  5 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 21 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/arm/memory.txt b/Documentation/arm/memory.txt
> index d74e8a5..256c5e0 100644
> --- a/Documentation/arm/memory.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/arm/memory.txt
> @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fffe8000	fffeffff	DTCM mapping area for platforms with
>  fffe0000	fffe7fff	ITCM mapping area for platforms with
>  				ITCM mounted inside the CPU.
> 
> -fff00000	fffdffff	Fixmap mapping region.  Addresses provided
> +fffc0000	ffdfffff	Fixmap mapping region.  Addresses provided
>  				by fix_to_virt() will be located here.
> 
>  fee00000	feffffff	Mapping of PCI I/O space. This is a static
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/fixmap.h
> index 8675bb9..fb8a5a7 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/fixmap.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/fixmap.h
> @@ -1,20 +1,8 @@
>  #ifndef _ASM_FIXMAP_H
>  #define _ASM_FIXMAP_H
> 
> -/*
> - * Nothing too fancy for now.
> - *
> - * On ARM we already have well known fixed virtual addresses imposed by
> - * the architecture such as the vector page which is located at 0xffff0000,
> - * therefore a second level page table is already allocated covering
> - * 0xfff00000 upwards.
> - *
> - * The cache flushing code in proc-xscale.S uses the virtual area between
> - * 0xfffe0000 and 0xfffeffff.
> - */
> -
> -#define FIXADDR_START		0xfff00000UL
> -#define FIXADDR_TOP		0xfffe0000UL
> +#define FIXADDR_START		0xffc00000UL
> +#define FIXADDR_TOP		0xffe00000UL
>  #define FIXADDR_SIZE		(FIXADDR_TOP - FIXADDR_START)
> 
>  /* Notice : FIX_KMAP_END and FIX_KMAP_BEGIN are removed.
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/highmem.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/highmem.h
> index 91b99ab..5355795 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/highmem.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/highmem.h
> @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
>  	} while (0)
> 
>  extern pte_t *pkmap_page_table;
> +extern pte_t *fixmap_page_table;
> 
>  extern void *kmap_high(struct page *page);
>  extern void kunmap_high(struct page *page);
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/highmem.c b/arch/arm/mm/highmem.c
> index e05e8ad..45aeaac 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/highmem.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/highmem.c
> @@ -18,6 +18,21 @@
>  #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
>  #include "mm.h"
> 
> +pte_t *fixmap_page_table;
> +
> +static inline void set_fixmap_pte(int idx, pte_t pte)
> +{
> +	unsigned long vaddr = __fix_to_virt(idx);
> +	set_pte_ext(fixmap_page_table + idx, pte, 0);
> +	local_flush_tlb_kernel_page(vaddr);
> +}
> +
> +static inline pte_t get_fixmap_pte(unsigned long vaddr)
> +{
> +	unsigned long idx = __virt_to_fix(vaddr);
> +	return *(fixmap_page_table + idx);
> +}
> +
>  void *kmap(struct page *page)
>  {
>  	might_sleep();
> @@ -69,14 +84,14 @@ void *kmap_atomic(struct page *page)
>  	 * With debugging enabled, kunmap_atomic forces that entry to 0.
>  	 * Make sure it was indeed properly unmapped.
>  	 */
> -	BUG_ON(!pte_none(get_top_pte(vaddr)));
> +	BUG_ON(!pte_none(*(fixmap_page_table + idx)));
>  #endif
>  	/*
>  	 * When debugging is off, kunmap_atomic leaves the previous mapping
>  	 * in place, so the contained TLB flush ensures the TLB is updated
>  	 * with the new mapping.
>  	 */
> -	set_top_pte(vaddr, mk_pte(page, kmap_prot));
> +	set_fixmap_pte(idx, mk_pte(page, kmap_prot));
> 
>  	return (void *)vaddr;
>  }
> @@ -95,7 +110,7 @@ void __kunmap_atomic(void *kvaddr)
>  			__cpuc_flush_dcache_area((void *)vaddr, PAGE_SIZE);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM
>  		BUG_ON(vaddr != __fix_to_virt(idx));
> -		set_top_pte(vaddr, __pte(0));
> +		set_fixmap_pte(idx, __pte(0));
>  #else
>  		(void) idx;  /* to kill a warning */
>  #endif
> @@ -119,9 +134,9 @@ void *kmap_atomic_pfn(unsigned long pfn)
>  	idx = type + KM_TYPE_NR * smp_processor_id();
>  	vaddr = __fix_to_virt(idx);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM
> -	BUG_ON(!pte_none(get_top_pte(vaddr)));
> +	BUG_ON(!pte_none(*(fixmap_page_table + idx)));
>  #endif
> -	set_top_pte(vaddr, pfn_pte(pfn, kmap_prot));
> +	set_fixmap_pte(idx, pfn_pte(pfn, kmap_prot));
> 
>  	return (void *)vaddr;
>  }
> @@ -133,5 +148,5 @@ struct page *kmap_atomic_to_page(const void *ptr)
>  	if (vaddr < FIXADDR_START)
>  		return virt_to_page(ptr);
> 
> -	return pte_page(get_top_pte(vaddr));
> +	return pte_page(get_fixmap_pte(vaddr));
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
> index b68c6b2..09c0a16 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/mmu.c
> @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
>  #include <asm/mach/arch.h>
>  #include <asm/mach/map.h>
>  #include <asm/mach/pci.h>
> +#include <asm/fixmap.h>
> 
>  #include "mm.h"
>  #include "tcm.h"
> @@ -1359,6 +1360,9 @@ static void __init kmap_init(void)
>  #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
>  	pkmap_page_table = early_pte_alloc(pmd_off_k(PKMAP_BASE),
>  		PKMAP_BASE, _PAGE_KERNEL_TABLE);
> +
> +	fixmap_page_table = early_pte_alloc(pmd_off_k(FIXADDR_START),
> +		FIXADDR_START, _PAGE_KERNEL_TABLE);
>  #endif
>  }
> 
> -- 
> 1.9.0

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Pitre <nico at linaro.org>

> 
> 



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