[PATCH v1 01/11] arm/pgtable: define PFN_PTE_SHIFT on arm and arm64

[David Hildenbrand]

On 23.01.24 12:17, Ryan Roberts wrote:
> On 23/01/2024 11:02, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>> On 23.01.24 11:48, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>> On 23.01.24 11:34, Ryan Roberts wrote:
>>>> On 22/01/2024 19:41, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>> We want to make use of pte_next_pfn() outside of set_ptes(). Let's
>>>>> simpliy define PFN_PTE_SHIFT, required by pte_next_pfn().
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: David Hildenbrand <david at redhat.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>>     arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h   | 2 ++
>>>>>     arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h | 2 ++
>>>>>     2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
>>>>> index d657b84b6bf70..be91e376df79e 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/pgtable.h
>>>>> @@ -209,6 +209,8 @@ static inline void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval)
>>>>>     extern void __sync_icache_dcache(pte_t pteval);
>>>>>     #endif
>>>>>     +#define PFN_PTE_SHIFT        PAGE_SHIFT
>>>>> +
>>>>>     void set_ptes(struct mm_struct *mm, unsigned long addr,
>>>>>                   pte_t *ptep, pte_t pteval, unsigned int nr);
>>>>>     #define set_ptes set_ptes
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
>>>>> b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
>>>>> index 79ce70fbb751c..d4b3bd96e3304 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h
>>>>> @@ -341,6 +341,8 @@ static inline void __sync_cache_and_tags(pte_t pte,
>>>>> unsigned int nr_pages)
>>>>>             mte_sync_tags(pte, nr_pages);
>>>>>     }
>>>>>     +#define PFN_PTE_SHIFT        PAGE_SHIFT
>>>>
>>>> I think this is buggy. And so is the arm64 implementation of set_ptes(). It
>>>> works fine for 48-bit output address, but for 52-bit OAs, the high bits are not
>>>> kept contigously, so if you happen to be setting a mapping for which the
>>>> physical memory block straddles bit 48, this won't work.
>>>
>>> Right, as soon as the PTE bits are not contiguous, this stops working,
>>> just like set_ptes() would, which I used as orientation.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Today, only the 64K base page config can support 52 bits, and for this,
>>>> OA[51:48] are stored in PTE[15:12]. But 52 bits for 4K and 16K base pages is
>>>> coming (hopefully v6.9) and in this case OA[51:50] are stored in PTE[9:8].
>>>> Fortunately we already have helpers in arm64 to abstract this.
>>>>
>>>> So I think arm64 will want to define its own pte_next_pfn():
>>>>
>>>> #define pte_next_pfn pte_next_pfn
>>>> static inline pte_t pte_next_pfn(pte_t pte)
>>>> {
>>>>      return pfn_pte(pte_pfn(pte) + 1, pte_pgprot(pte));
>>>> }
>>>>
>>
>> Digging into the details, on arm64 we have:
>>
>> #define pte_pfn(pte)           (__pte_to_phys(pte) >> PAGE_SHIFT)
>>
>> and
>>
>> #define __pte_to_phys(pte)     (pte_val(pte) & PTE_ADDR_MASK)
>>
>> But that implies, that upstream the PFN is always contiguous, no?
>>
> 
> 
> But __pte_to_phys() and __phys_to_pte_val() depend on a Kconfig. If PA bits is
> 52, the bits are not all contiguous:
> 
> #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_PA_BITS_52
> static inline phys_addr_t __pte_to_phys(pte_t pte)
> {
> 	return (pte_val(pte) & PTE_ADDR_LOW) |
> 		((pte_val(pte) & PTE_ADDR_HIGH) << PTE_ADDR_HIGH_SHIFT);
> }
> static inline pteval_t __phys_to_pte_val(phys_addr_t phys)
> {
> 	return (phys | (phys >> PTE_ADDR_HIGH_SHIFT)) & PTE_ADDR_MASK;
> }
> #else
> #define __pte_to_phys(pte)	(pte_val(pte) & PTE_ADDR_MASK)
> #define __phys_to_pte_val(phys)	(phys)
> #endif
> 

Ah, how could I've missed that. Agreed, set_ptes() and this patch are 
broken.

Do you want to send a patch to implement pte_next_pfn() on arm64, and 
then use pte_next_pfn() in set_ptes()? Then I can drop this patch here 
completely from this series.

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb