[PATCH v3 0/8] ARM: NOMMU: MPU updates
Vladimir Murzin
vladimir.murzin at arm.com
Mon Oct 9 02:20:19 PDT 2017
Russell, do you have concerns on this series?
Thanks
Vladimir
On 25/09/17 10:05, Vladimir Murzin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> This is an update of the existent MPU code which consist set of
> clean-ups and enhancements. The most significant changes are in the
> way how MPU settings sync-up for secondaries (PATCH 3/8), more
> flexible layout for memory (PATCH 7/8) and support for XIP (PATCH
> 8/8). Since there is no in-tree user of MPU, support for M-class has
> been added (PATCH 6/8).
>
> There is also practical benefit of patch set:
>
> "These MPU patches introduce a nice feature that it simplifies the
> bootloader: do not need to setup the MPU, for example for coherent DMA
> region, which is described in device-tree too." András Szemző
>
> Changelog:
> v2 -> v3
> - fixed support for XIP (PATCH 8/8)
> - rebased on 4.14-rc2
>
> v1 -> v2
> - support for XIP (PATCH 8/8)
> - rebased on 4.13-rc1
>
> RFC v2 -> v1
> - dropped RFC tag
> - Tested-by from András
> - rebased on 4.12-rc5
>
> RFC -> RFC v2
> - fixed MPU enable for v7m (PATCH 6/7)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Vladimir Murzin (8):
> ARM: NOMMU: Move out MPU setup in separate module
> ARM: NOMMU: Update MPU accessors to use cp15 helpers
> ARM: NOMMU: Rework MPU to be mostly done in C
> ARM: NOMMU: Disallow MPU for XIP
> ARM: Kconfig: Kill CONFIG_VECTORS_BASE
> ARM: V7M: Add support for MPU to M-class
> ARM: NOMMU: Use more MPU regions to cover memory
> ARM: NOMMU: Support MPU in XIP configuration
>
> arch/arm/Kconfig | 9 -
> arch/arm/Kconfig-nommu | 4 +-
> arch/arm/include/asm/cputype.h | 10 +
> arch/arm/include/asm/mpu.h | 26 +-
> arch/arm/include/asm/smp.h | 2 +-
> arch/arm/include/asm/v7m.h | 10 +
> arch/arm/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 11 +
> arch/arm/kernel/head-nommu.S | 148 +++++++++---
> arch/arm/kernel/smp.c | 2 +-
> arch/arm/kernel/vmlinux-xip.lds.S | 23 ++
> arch/arm/mm/Makefile | 1 +
> arch/arm/mm/nommu.c | 254 +-------------------
> arch/arm/mm/pmsa-v7.c | 484 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 13 files changed, 682 insertions(+), 302 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 arch/arm/mm/pmsa-v7.c
>
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