[PATCH 01/11] Initialize the mapping of KASan shadow memory

Marc Zyngier marc.zyngier at arm.com
Wed Nov 15 05:54:25 PST 2017


On 15/11/17 13:16, Liuwenliang (Abbott Liu) wrote:
> On 09/11/17  18:36 Marc Zyngier [mailto:marc.zyngier at arm.com] wrote:
>> On Wed, Nov 15 2017 at 10:20:02 am GMT, "Liuwenliang (Abbott Liu)" <liuwenliang at huawei.com> wrote:
>>> On 09/11/17 18:11, Marc Zyngier [mailto:marc.zyngier at arm.com] wrote:
>>>> On 09/11/17 07:46, Liuwenliang (Abbott Liu) wrote:
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/kasan_init.c b/arch/arm/mm/kasan_init.c
>>>>> index 049ee0a..359a782 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/mm/kasan_init.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/kasan_init.c
>>>>> @@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
>>>>>  #include <asm/proc-fns.h>
>>>>>  #include <asm/tlbflush.h>
>>>>>  #include <asm/cp15.h>
>>>>> +#include <asm/kvm_hyp.h>
>>>>
>>>> No, please don't do that. You shouldn't have to include KVM stuff in
>>>> unrelated code. Instead of adding stuff to kvm_hyp.h, move all the
>>>> __ACCESS_CP15* to cp15.h, and it will be obvious to everyone that this
>>>> is where new definition should be added.
>>>
>>> Thanks for your review.  You are right. It is better to move
>>> __ACCESS_CP15* to cp15.h than to include kvm_hyp.h. But I don't think
>>> it is a good idea to move registers definition which is used in
>>> virtualization to cp15.h, Because there is no virtualization stuff in
>>> cp15.h.
>>
>> It is not about virtualization at all.
>>
>> It is about what is a CP15 register and what is not. This file is called
>> "cp15.h", not "cp15-except-virtualization-and-maybe-some-others.h". But
>> at the end of the day, that's for Russell to decide.
> 
> Thanks for your review.
> You are right, all __ACCESS_CP15* are cp15 registers. I splited normal cp15 register
> (such as TTBR0/TTBR1/SCTLR and so on) and virtualizaton cp15 registers(such as VTTBR/
> CNTV_CVAL/HCR) because I didn't think we need use those virtualization cp15 registers
> in non virtualization system.
> 
> But now I think all __ACCESS_CP15* move to cp15.h may be a better choise. 
> 
>>>
>>> Here is the code which I tested on vexpress_a15 and vexpress_a9:
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cp15.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cp15.h
>>> index dbdbce1..6db1f51 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cp15.h
>>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cp15.h
>>> @@ -64,6 +64,43 @@
>>>  #define __write_sysreg(v, r, w, c, t)  asm volatile(w " " c : : "r" ((t)(v)))
>>>  #define write_sysreg(v, ...)           __write_sysreg(v, __VA_ARGS__)
>>>
>>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
>>> +#define TTBR0           __ACCESS_CP15_64(0, c2)
>>> +#define TTBR1           __ACCESS_CP15_64(1, c2)
>>> +#define PAR             __ACCESS_CP15_64(0, c7)
>>> +#else
>>> +#define TTBR0           __ACCESS_CP15(c2, 0, c0, 0)
>>> +#define TTBR1           __ACCESS_CP15(c2, 0, c0, 1)
>>> +#define PAR             __ACCESS_CP15(c7, 0, c4, 0)
>>> +#endif
>>
>> Again: there is no point in not having these register encodings
>> cohabiting. They are both perfectly defined in the architecture. Just
>> suffix one (or even both) with their respective size, making it obvious
>> which one you're talking about.
> 
> I am sorry that I didn't point why I need to define TTBR0/ TTBR1/PAR in to different way
> between CONFIG_ARM_LPAE and non CONFIG_ARM_LPAE.
> The following description is the reason:
> Here is the description come from DDI0406C2c_arm_architecture_reference_manual.pdf:
[...]

You're missing the point. TTBR0 existence as a 64bit CP15 register has
nothing to do the kernel being compiled with LPAE or not. It has
everything to do with the HW supporting LPAE, and it is the kernel's job
to use the right accessor depending on how it is compiled. On a CPU
supporting LPAE, both TTBR0 accessors are valid. It is the kernel that
chooses to use one rather than the other.

Also, if I follow your reasoning, why are you bothering defining PAR in
the non-LPAE case? It is not used by anything, as far as I can see...

Thanks,

	M.
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