[RESEND PATCH V3 2/2] riscv: add RISC-V Svpbmt extension supports

Wei Fu wefu at redhat.com
Mon Oct 25 03:55:09 PDT 2021


Hi Christoph,

Great thanks for your review.

On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 2:57 PM Christoph Hellwig <hch at infradead.org> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 12:06:07PM +0800, wefu at redhat.com wrote:
> >  static inline pmd_t *pud_pgtable(pud_t pud)
> >  {
> > -     return (pmd_t *)pfn_to_virt(pud_val(pud) >> _PAGE_PFN_SHIFT);
> > +     return (pmd_t *)pfn_to_virt((pud_val(pud) & _PAGE_CHG_MASK)
> > +                                             >> _PAGE_PFN_SHIFT);
> >  }
> >
> >  static inline struct page *pud_page(pud_t pud)
> >  {
> > -     return pfn_to_page(pud_val(pud) >> _PAGE_PFN_SHIFT);
> > +     return pfn_to_page((pud_val(pud) & _PAGE_CHG_MASK)
> > +                                             >> _PAGE_PFN_SHIFT);
>
> >  static inline unsigned long _pmd_pfn(pmd_t pmd)
> >  {
> > -     return pmd_val(pmd) >> _PAGE_PFN_SHIFT;
> > +     return (pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_CHG_MASK) >> _PAGE_PFN_SHIFT;
> >  }
>
> The "(pud_val(pud) & _PAGE_CHG_MASK) >> _PAGE_PFN_SHIFT" expression begs
> for readable and well-documented helper.
>
> > +#define _SVPBMT_PMA          ((unsigned long)0x0 << 61)
> > +#define _SVPBMT_NC           ((unsigned long)0x1 << 61)
> > +#define _SVPBMT_IO           ((unsigned long)0x2 << 61)
>
> 0UL << 61
> 1UL << 61

How about this macro:
#define _SVPBMT_PMA         0x0UL
#define _SVPBMT_NC         BIT(61)
#define _SVPBMT_IO         BIT(62)
#define _SVPBMT_MASK         GENMASK(62, 61)

> ...
>
> > +#define _SVPBMT_MASK         (_SVPBMT_PMA | _SVPBMT_NC | _SVPBMT_IO)
> > +
> > +extern struct __riscv_svpbmt_struct {
> > +     unsigned long mask;
> > +     unsigned long mt_pma;
> > +     unsigned long mt_nc;
> > +     unsigned long mt_io;
> > +} __riscv_svpbmt;
> > +
> > +#define _PAGE_MT_MASK                __riscv_svpbmt.mask
> > +#define _PAGE_MT_PMA         __riscv_svpbmt.mt_pma
> > +#define _PAGE_MT_NC          __riscv_svpbmt.mt_nc
> > +#define _PAGE_MT_IO          __riscv_svpbmt.mt_io
>
> Using a struct over individual variables seems a little odd here.
>
> Also why not use the standard names for these _PAGE bits used by
> most other architectures?

Which names are you suggesting? Would you mind providing an example ?
_PAGE_BIT_   for _PAGE_KERNEL_ ??

>
> > -     return (unsigned long)pfn_to_virt(pmd_val(pmd) >> _PAGE_PFN_SHIFT);
> > +     return (unsigned long)pfn_to_virt((pmd_val(pmd) & _PAGE_CHG_MASK) >> _PAGE_PFN_SHIFT);
>
> Overly long line, could use a helper.  Btw, what is the point in having
> this _PAGE_PFN_SHIFT macro to start with?
>
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