riscv32 EXT4 splat, 6.8 regression?
Nam Cao
namcao at linutronix.de
Tue Apr 16 15:36:39 PDT 2024
On 2024-04-16 Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 06:00:29PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 16, 2024 at 07:31:54PM +0300, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> > > > - if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT)) {
> > > > - max_mapped_addr = __pa(~(ulong)0);
> > > > - if (max_mapped_addr == (phys_ram_end - 1))
> > > > - memblock_set_current_limit(max_mapped_addr - 4096);
> > > > - }
> > > > + memblock_reserve(__pa(-PAGE_SIZE), PAGE_SIZE);
> > >
> > > Ack.
> >
> > Can this go to generic code instead of letting architecture maintainers
> > fall over it?
>
> Yes, it's just have to happen before setup_arch() where most architectures
> enable memblock allocations.
This also works, the reported problem disappears.
However, I am confused about one thing: doesn't this make one page of
physical memory inaccessible?
Is it better to solve this by setting max_low_pfn instead? Then at
least the page is still accessible as high memory.
Best regards,
Nam
diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
index fa34cf55037b..6e3130cae675 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
@@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ early_param("mem", early_mem);
static void __init setup_bootmem(void)
{
phys_addr_t vmlinux_end = __pa_symbol(&_end);
- phys_addr_t max_mapped_addr;
phys_addr_t phys_ram_end, vmlinux_start;
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL))
@@ -235,23 +234,9 @@ static void __init setup_bootmem(void)
if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT))
kernel_map.va_pa_offset = PAGE_OFFSET - phys_ram_base;
- /*
- * memblock allocator is not aware of the fact that last 4K bytes of
- * the addressable memory can not be mapped because of IS_ERR_VALUE
- * macro. Make sure that last 4k bytes are not usable by memblock
- * if end of dram is equal to maximum addressable memory. For 64-bit
- * kernel, this problem can't happen here as the end of the virtual
- * address space is occupied by the kernel mapping then this check must
- * be done as soon as the kernel mapping base address is determined.
- */
- if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT)) {
- max_mapped_addr = __pa(~(ulong)0);
- if (max_mapped_addr == (phys_ram_end - 1))
- memblock_set_current_limit(max_mapped_addr - 4096);
- }
-
min_low_pfn = PFN_UP(phys_ram_base);
- max_low_pfn = max_pfn = PFN_DOWN(phys_ram_end);
+ max_pfn = PFN_DOWN(phys_ram_end);
+ max_low_pfn = min(max_pfn, PFN_DOWN(__pa(-PAGE_SIZE)));
high_memory = (void *)(__va(PFN_PHYS(max_low_pfn)));
dma32_phys_limit = min(4UL * SZ_1G, (unsigned long)PFN_PHYS(max_low_pfn));
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