[PATCH v2 2/5] arm64: use fixmap region for permanent FDT mapping

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Wed Mar 11 09:00:17 PDT 2015


Currently, the FDT blob needs to be in the same naturally aligned
512 MB region as the kernel, so that it can be mapped into the
kernel virtual memory space very early on using a minimal set of
statically allocated translation tables.

Now that we have early fixmap support, we can relax this restriction,
by moving the permanent FDT mapping to the fixmap region instead.
This way, the FDT blob may be anywhere in memory.

This also moves the vetting of the FDT to setup.c, since the early
init code in head.S does not handle mapping of the FDT anymore.
At the same time, fix up some comments in head.S that have gone stale.

Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
---
 Documentation/arm64/booting.txt | 10 +++---
 arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h |  9 ++++++
 arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile      |  1 +
 arch/arm64/kernel/head.S        | 38 +---------------------
 arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c       | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 arch/arm64/mm/init.c            |  1 -
 6 files changed, 69 insertions(+), 62 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
index f3c05b5f9f08..ab5a90adece3 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt
@@ -45,11 +45,13 @@ sees fit.)
 
 Requirement: MANDATORY
 
-The device tree blob (dtb) must be placed on an 8-byte boundary within
-the first 512 megabytes from the start of the kernel image and must not
-cross a 2-megabyte boundary. This is to allow the kernel to map the
-blob using a single section mapping in the initial page tables.
+The device tree blob (dtb) must be placed on an 8-byte boundary and must
+not cross a 2-megabyte boundary. This is to allow the kernel to map the
+blob using a single section mapping in the fixmap region.
 
+NOTE: versions prior to v4.1 require, in addition to the requirements
+listed above, that the dtb be placed above the kernel Image inside the
+same naturally aligned 512 MB region.
 
 3. Decompress the kernel image
 ------------------------------
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h
index defa0ff98250..4ad240a60898 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/fixmap.h
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@
  */
 enum fixed_addresses {
 	FIX_HOLE,
+
+	/*
+	 * Reserve 2 MB of virtual space for the FDT at the top of the fixmap
+	 * region. Keep this at the top so it remains 2 MB aligned.
+	 */
+#define FIX_FDT_SIZE		SZ_2M
+	FIX_FDT_END,
+	FIX_FDT = FIX_FDT_END + FIX_FDT_SIZE / PAGE_SIZE - 1,
+
 	FIX_EARLYCON_MEM_BASE,
 	__end_of_permanent_fixed_addresses,
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
index 5ee07eee80c2..e60885766936 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/Makefile
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ CPPFLAGS_vmlinux.lds	:= -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 AFLAGS_head.o		:= -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 CFLAGS_efi-stub.o 	:= -DTEXT_OFFSET=$(TEXT_OFFSET)
 CFLAGS_armv8_deprecated.o := -I$(src)
+CFLAGS_setup.o		:= -I$(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt/
 
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_ftrace.o = -pg
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_insn.o = -pg
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
index 9bf1ba1a8363..c87423a6d0b2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ ENTRY(stext)
 	cbnz	x23, 1f				// invalid processor (x23=0)?
 	b	__error_p
 1:
-	bl	__vet_fdt
 	bl	__create_page_tables		// x25=TTBR0, x26=TTBR1
 	/*
 	 * The following calls CPU specific code in a position independent
@@ -273,24 +272,6 @@ ENTRY(stext)
 ENDPROC(stext)
 
 /*
- * Determine validity of the x21 FDT pointer.
- * The dtb must be 8-byte aligned and live in the first 512M of memory.
- */
-__vet_fdt:
-	tst	x21, #0x7
-	b.ne	1f
-	cmp	x21, x24
-	b.lt	1f
-	mov	x0, #(1 << 29)
-	add	x0, x0, x24
-	cmp	x21, x0
-	b.ge	1f
-	ret
-1:
-	mov	x21, #0
-	ret
-ENDPROC(__vet_fdt)
-/*
  * Macro to create a table entry to the next page.
  *
  *	tbl:	page table address
@@ -351,8 +332,7 @@ ENDPROC(__vet_fdt)
  * required to get the kernel running. The following sections are required:
  *   - identity mapping to enable the MMU (low address, TTBR0)
  *   - first few MB of the kernel linear mapping to jump to once the MMU has
- *     been enabled, including the FDT blob (TTBR1)
- *   - pgd entry for fixed mappings (TTBR1)
+ *     been enabled
  */
 __create_page_tables:
 	pgtbl	x25, x26, x28			// idmap_pg_dir and swapper_pg_dir addresses
@@ -440,22 +420,6 @@ __create_page_tables:
 	create_block_map x0, x7, x3, x5, x6
 
 	/*
-	 * Map the FDT blob (maximum 2MB; must be within 512MB of
-	 * PHYS_OFFSET).
-	 */
-	mov	x3, x21				// FDT phys address
-	and	x3, x3, #~((1 << 21) - 1)	// 2MB aligned
-	mov	x6, #PAGE_OFFSET
-	sub	x5, x3, x24			// subtract PHYS_OFFSET
-	tst	x5, #~((1 << 29) - 1)		// within 512MB?
-	csel	x21, xzr, x21, ne		// zero the FDT pointer
-	b.ne	1f
-	add	x5, x5, x6			// __va(FDT blob)
-	add	x6, x5, #1 << 21		// 2MB for the FDT blob
-	sub	x6, x6, #1			// inclusive range
-	create_block_map x0, x7, x3, x5, x6
-1:
-	/*
 	 * Since the page tables have been populated with non-cacheable
 	 * accesses (MMU disabled), invalidate the idmap and swapper page
 	 * tables again to remove any speculatively loaded cache lines.
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
index 8b82ef19b81b..16d57959a052 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/setup.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #include <linux/of_platform.h>
 #include <linux/efi.h>
 #include <linux/personality.h>
+#include <linux/libfdt.h>
 
 #include <asm/fixmap.h>
 #include <asm/cpu.h>
@@ -104,18 +105,6 @@ static struct resource mem_res[] = {
 #define kernel_code mem_res[0]
 #define kernel_data mem_res[1]
 
-void __init early_print(const char *str, ...)
-{
-	char buf[256];
-	va_list ap;
-
-	va_start(ap, str);
-	vsnprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), str, ap);
-	va_end(ap);
-
-	printk("%s", buf);
-}
-
 void __init smp_setup_processor_id(void)
 {
 	u64 mpidr = read_cpuid_mpidr() & MPIDR_HWID_BITMASK;
@@ -304,19 +293,62 @@ static void __init setup_processor(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+static void *__init fixmap_remap_fdt(phys_addr_t dt_phys)
+{
+	const u64 dt_virt_base = __fix_to_virt(FIX_FDT);
+	phys_addr_t dt_phys_base = dt_phys & ~(FIX_FDT_SIZE - 1);
+
+	/*
+	 * Make sure that the FDT region can be mapped without the need to
+	 * allocate additional translation table pages, so that it is safe
+	 * to call create_pgd_mapping() this early.
+	 * On 4k pages, we'll use section mappings for the region so we
+	 * only have to be in the same PUD as the rest of the fixmap.
+	 * On 64k pages, we need to be in the same PMD as well, as the region
+	 * will be mapped using PTEs.
+	 */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(dt_virt_base & (SZ_2M - 1));
+
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES))
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(__fix_to_virt(FIX_FDT_END) >> PMD_SHIFT !=
+			     __fix_to_virt(FIX_BTMAP_BEGIN) >> PMD_SHIFT);
+	else
+		BUILD_BUG_ON(__fix_to_virt(FIX_FDT_END) >> PUD_SHIFT !=
+			     __fix_to_virt(FIX_BTMAP_BEGIN) >> PUD_SHIFT);
+
+	create_pgd_mapping(&init_mm, dt_phys_base, dt_virt_base, FIX_FDT_SIZE,
+			   PAGE_KERNEL | PTE_RDONLY);
+
+	return (void *)(dt_virt_base + dt_phys - dt_phys_base);
+}
+
 static void __init setup_machine_fdt(phys_addr_t dt_phys)
 {
-	if (!dt_phys || !early_init_dt_scan(phys_to_virt(dt_phys))) {
-		early_print("\n"
-			"Error: invalid device tree blob at physical address 0x%p (virtual address 0x%p)\n"
-			"The dtb must be 8-byte aligned and passed in the first 512MB of memory\n"
+	void *dt_virt = NULL;
+
+	if (dt_phys && (dt_phys & 7) == 0)
+		dt_virt = fixmap_remap_fdt(dt_phys);
+
+	/*
+	 * Before passing the dt_virt pointer to early_init_dt_scan(), we have
+	 * to ensure that the FDT size as reported in the FDT itself does not
+	 * exceed the 2 MB window we just mapped for it.
+	 */
+	if (!dt_virt ||
+	    fdt_check_header(dt_virt) != 0 ||
+	    (dt_phys & (SZ_2M - 1)) + fdt_totalsize(dt_virt) > SZ_2M ||
+	    !early_init_dt_scan(dt_virt)) {
+		pr_crit("\n"
+			"Error: invalid device tree blob at physical address %pa (virtual address 0x%p)\n"
+			"The dtb must be 8-byte aligned and must not cross a 2 MB alignment boundary\n"
 			"\nPlease check your bootloader.\n",
-			dt_phys, phys_to_virt(dt_phys));
+			&dt_phys, dt_virt);
 
 		while (true)
 			cpu_relax();
 	}
 
+	memblock_reserve(dt_phys, fdt_totalsize(dt_virt));
 	dump_stack_set_arch_desc("%s (DT)", of_flat_dt_get_machine_name());
 }
 
@@ -354,6 +386,9 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 {
 	setup_processor();
 
+	early_fixmap_init();
+	early_ioremap_init();
+
 	setup_machine_fdt(__fdt_pointer);
 
 	init_mm.start_code = (unsigned long) _text;
@@ -363,9 +398,6 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
 
 	*cmdline_p = boot_command_line;
 
-	early_fixmap_init();
-	early_ioremap_init();
-
 	parse_early_param();
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
index fa2389b0f7f0..ae85da6307bb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ void __init arm64_memblock_init(void)
 		memblock_reserve(__virt_to_phys(initrd_start), initrd_end - initrd_start);
 #endif
 
-	early_init_fdt_reserve_self();
 	early_init_fdt_scan_reserved_mem();
 
 	/* 4GB maximum for 32-bit only capable devices */
-- 
1.8.3.2




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