[PATCH v3 2/2] ARM: support PHYS_OFFSET minimum aligned at 64KiB boundary

Leizhen (ThunderTown) thunder.leizhen at huawei.com
Wed Sep 16 22:16:17 EDT 2020



On 2020/9/16 19:15, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> (+ Arnd, Nico)
> 
> On Wed, 16 Sep 2020 at 05:51, Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen at huawei.com> wrote:
>>
>> Currently, only support the kernels where the base of physical memory is
>> at a 16MiB boundary. Because the add/sub instructions only contains 8bits
>> unrotated value. But we can use one more "add/sub" instructions to handle
>> bits 23-16. The performance will be slightly affected.
>>
>> Since most boards meet 16 MiB alignment, so add a new configuration
>> option ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT_RADICAL (default n) to control it. Say Y if
>> anyone really needs it.
>>
>> All r0-r7 (r1 = machine no, r2 = atags or dtb, in the start-up phase) are
>> used in __fixup_a_pv_table() now, but the callee saved r11 is not used in
>> the whole head.S file. So choose it.
>>
>> Because the calculation of "y = x + __pv_offset[63:24]" have been done,
>> so we only need to calculate "y = y + __pv_offset[23:16]", that's why
>> the parameters "to" and "from" of __pv_stub() and __pv_add_carry_stub()
>> in the scope of CONFIG_ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT_RADICAL are all passed "t"
>> (above y).
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhen Lei <thunder.leizhen at huawei.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm/Kconfig              | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
>>  arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h | 16 +++++++++++++---
>>  arch/arm/kernel/head.S        | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
>>  3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> index e00d94b16658765..073dafa428f3c87 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
>> @@ -240,12 +240,27 @@ config ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT
>>           kernel in system memory.
>>
>>           This can only be used with non-XIP MMU kernels where the base
>> -         of physical memory is at a 16MB boundary.
>> +         of physical memory is at a 16MiB boundary.
>>
>>           Only disable this option if you know that you do not require
>>           this feature (eg, building a kernel for a single machine) and
>>           you need to shrink the kernel to the minimal size.
>>
>> +config ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT_RADICAL
>> +       bool "Support PHYS_OFFSET minimum aligned at 64KiB boundary"
>> +       depends on ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT
>> +       depends on !THUMB2_KERNEL
> 
> Why is this not implemented for Thumb2 too?

No Thumb2 boards.

> 
> Also, as Russell points out as well, this may end up being enabled for
> all multiarch kernels, so it makes sense to explore whether we can
> enable this unconditionally. 

Yes, In fact, I think we can consider enabling this unconditionally after
the THUMB2 branch is implemented. Performance and code size should not be
a problem.

> Do you have any numbers wrt the impact on
> text size? I would assume it is negligible, but numbers help.

The text size increased a bit more than 2 KB (2164 Bytes), about 0.0146%.

make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- distclean defconfig

Before:
$ size vmlinux
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
14781964   7508366  420080 22710410        15a888a vmlinux

After:
$ size vmlinux
   text    data     bss     dec     hex filename
14784128   7508366  420080 22712574        15a90fe vmlinux


> 
> Being able to decompress the image to any 2MiB aligned base address is
> also quite useful for EFI boot, and it may also help to get rid of the
> TEXT_OFFSET hacks we have for some platforms in the future.>
> 
>> +       help
>> +         This can only be used with non-XIP MMU kernels where the base
>> +         of physical memory is at a 64KiB boundary.
>> +
>> +         Compared with ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT, one or two more instructions
>> +         need to be added to implement the conversion of bits 23-16 of
>> +         the VA/PA in phys-to-virt and virt-to-phys. The performance is
>> +         slightly affected.
>> +
> 
> Does it affect performance in other ways beyond code size/Icache density?

I just want to say it will slightly slower than !ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT_RADICAL,
because one or two more instructions. It certainly cannot affect system performance.

Because of your doubts, I think I should remove the statement: "The performance is
slightly affected."

> 
>> +         If unsure say N here.
>> +
>>  config NEED_MACH_IO_H
>>         bool
>>         help
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
>> index 99035b5891ef442..f97b37303a00f60 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/memory.h
>> @@ -173,6 +173,7 @@
>>   * so that all we need to do is modify the 8-bit constant field.
>>   */
>>  #define __PV_BITS_31_24        0x81000000
>> +#define __PV_BITS_23_16        0x00810000
>>  #define __PV_BITS_7_0  0x81
>>
>>  extern unsigned long __pv_phys_pfn_offset;
>> @@ -201,7 +202,7 @@
>>         : "=r" (t)                                      \
>>         : "I" (__PV_BITS_7_0))
>>
>> -#define __pv_add_carry_stub(x, y)                      \
>> +#define __pv_add_carry_stub(x, y, type)                        \
>>         __asm__ volatile("@ __pv_add_carry_stub\n"      \
>>         "1:     adds    %Q0, %1, %2\n"                  \
>>         "       adc     %R0, %R0, #0\n"                 \
>> @@ -209,7 +210,7 @@
>>         "       .long   1b\n"                           \
>>         "       .popsection\n"                          \
>>         : "+r" (y)                                      \
>> -       : "r" (x), "I" (__PV_BITS_31_24)                \
>> +       : "r" (x), "I" (type)                           \
>>         : "cc")
>>
>>  static inline phys_addr_t __virt_to_phys_nodebug(unsigned long x)
>> @@ -218,9 +219,15 @@ static inline phys_addr_t __virt_to_phys_nodebug(unsigned long x)
>>
>>         if (sizeof(phys_addr_t) == 4) {
>>                 __pv_stub(x, t, "add", __PV_BITS_31_24);
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT_RADICAL
>> +               __pv_stub(t, t, "add", __PV_BITS_23_16);
>> +#endif
>>         } else {
>>                 __pv_stub_mov_hi(t);
>> -               __pv_add_carry_stub(x, t);
>> +               __pv_add_carry_stub(x, t, __PV_BITS_31_24);
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT_RADICAL
>> +               __pv_add_carry_stub(t, t, __PV_BITS_23_16);
>> +#endif
>>         }
>>         return t;
>>  }
>> @@ -236,6 +243,9 @@ static inline unsigned long __phys_to_virt(phys_addr_t x)
>>          * in place where 'r' 32 bit operand is expected.
>>          */
>>         __pv_stub((unsigned long) x, t, "sub", __PV_BITS_31_24);
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT_RADICAL
>> +       __pv_stub(t, t, "sub", __PV_BITS_23_16);
>> +#endif
>>         return t;
>>  }
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
>> index 02d78c9198d0e8d..d9fb226a24d43ae 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm/kernel/head.S
>> @@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ ENTRY(stext)
>>         bl      __fixup_smp
>>  #endif
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT
>> -       bl      __fixup_pv_table
>> +       bl      __fixup_pv_table                @r11 will be used
>>  #endif
>>         bl      __create_page_tables
>>
>> @@ -614,8 +614,13 @@ __fixup_pv_table:
>>         mov     r0, r8, lsr #PAGE_SHIFT @ convert to PFN
>>         str     r0, [r6]        @ save computed PHYS_PFN_OFFSET to __pv_phys_pfn_offset
>>         strcc   ip, [r7, #HIGH_OFFSET]  @ save to __pv_offset high bits
>> +#ifdef CONFIG_ARM_PATCH_PHYS_VIRT_RADICAL
>> +       mov     r6, r3, lsr #16 @ constant for add/sub instructions
>> +       teq     r3, r6, lsl #16 @ must be 64KiB aligned
>> +#else
>>         mov     r6, r3, lsr #24 @ constant for add/sub instructions
>>         teq     r3, r6, lsl #24 @ must be 16MiB aligned
>> +#endif
>>  THUMB( it      ne              @ cross section branch )
>>         bne     __error
>>         str     r3, [r7, #LOW_OFFSET]   @ save to __pv_offset low bits
>> @@ -636,7 +641,9 @@ __fixup_a_pv_table:
>>         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
>> +       mov     r11, r6, lsl #8
>> +       mov     r11, r11, lsr #24       @ bits 23-16
>> +       mov     r6, r6, lsr #24         @ bits 31-24
>>         cmn     r0, #1
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL
>>         moveq   r0, #0x200000   @ set bit 21, mov to mvn instruction
>> @@ -682,14 +689,20 @@ ARM_BE8(rev16     ip, ip)
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_CPU_ENDIAN_BE8
>>         @ in BE8, we load data in BE, but instructions still in LE
>>         bic     ip, ip, #0xff000000
>> -       tst     ip, #0x000f0000 @ check the rotation field
>> +       tst     ip, #0x00040000 @ check the rotation field
>>         orrne   ip, ip, r6, lsl #24 @ mask in offset bits 31-24
>> +       tst     ip, #0x00080000 @ check the rotation field
>> +       orrne   ip, ip, r11, lsl #24 @ mask in offset bits 23-16
>> +       tst     ip, #0x000f0000 @ check the rotation field
>>         biceq   ip, ip, #0x00004000 @ clear bit 22
>>         orreq   ip, ip, r0      @ mask in offset bits 7-0
>>  #else
>>         bic     ip, ip, #0x000000ff
>> -       tst     ip, #0xf00      @ check the rotation field
>> +       tst     ip, #0x400      @ check the rotation field
>>         orrne   ip, ip, r6      @ mask in offset bits 31-24
>> +       tst     ip, #0x800      @ check the rotation field
>> +       orrne   ip, ip, r11     @ mask in offset bits 23-16
>> +       tst     ip, #0xf00      @ check the rotation field
>>         biceq   ip, ip, #0x400000       @ clear bit 22
>>         orreq   ip, ip, r0      @ mask in offset bits 7-0
>>  #endif
>> @@ -705,12 +718,12 @@ ENDPROC(__fixup_a_pv_table)
>>  3:     .long __pv_offset
>>
>>  ENTRY(fixup_pv_table)
>> -       stmfd   sp!, {r4 - r7, lr}
>> +       stmfd   sp!, {r4 - r7, r11, lr}
>>         mov     r3, #0                  @ no offset
>>         mov     r4, r0                  @ r0 = table start
>>         add     r5, r0, r1              @ r1 = table size
>>         bl      __fixup_a_pv_table
>> -       ldmfd   sp!, {r4 - r7, pc}
>> +       ldmfd   sp!, {r4 - r7, r11, pc}
>>  ENDPROC(fixup_pv_table)
>>
>>         .data
>> --
>> 1.8.3
>>
>>
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