[PATCH 2/3] arm64: remove __calc_phys_offset

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Wed Mar 18 00:49:14 PDT 2015


On 17 March 2015 at 15:46, Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 17, 2015 at 10:11:13AM +0000, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> This removes the function __calc_phys_offset and all open coded
>> virtual to physical address translations using the offset kept
>> in x28.
>>
>> Instead, just use absolute or PC-relative symbol references as
>> appropriate when referring to virtual or physical addresses,
>> respectively.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  arch/arm64/kernel/head.S | 49 ++++++++++++------------------------------------
>>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
>> index fb912314d5e1..1651c0fd50e6 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
>> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/head.S
>> @@ -36,8 +36,6 @@
>>  #include <asm/page.h>
>>  #include <asm/virt.h>
>>
>> -#define KERNEL_RAM_VADDR     (PAGE_OFFSET + TEXT_OFFSET)
>> -
>>  #if (TEXT_OFFSET & 0xfff) != 0
>>  #error TEXT_OFFSET must be at least 4KB aligned
>>  #elif (PAGE_OFFSET & 0x1fffff) != 0
>> @@ -46,13 +44,6 @@
>>  #error TEXT_OFFSET must be less than 2MB
>>  #endif
>>
>> -     .macro  pgtbl, ttb0, ttb1, virt_to_phys
>> -     ldr     \ttb1, =swapper_pg_dir
>> -     ldr     \ttb0, =idmap_pg_dir
>> -     add     \ttb1, \ttb1, \virt_to_phys
>> -     add     \ttb0, \ttb0, \virt_to_phys
>> -     .endm
>> -
>>  #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES
>>  #define BLOCK_SHIFT  PAGE_SHIFT
>>  #define BLOCK_SIZE   PAGE_SIZE
>> @@ -63,7 +54,7 @@
>>  #define TABLE_SHIFT  PUD_SHIFT
>>  #endif
>>
>> -#define KERNEL_START KERNEL_RAM_VADDR
>> +#define KERNEL_START _text
>>  #define KERNEL_END   _end
>>
>>  /*
>> @@ -242,7 +233,7 @@ section_table:
>>  ENTRY(stext)
>>       mov     x21, x0                         // x21=FDT
>>       bl      el2_setup                       // Drop to EL1, w20=cpu_boot_mode
>> -     bl      __calc_phys_offset              // x24=PHYS_OFFSET, x28=PHYS_OFFSET-PAGE_OFFSET
>> +     adrp    x24, KERNEL_START - TEXT_OFFSET // x24=PHYS_OFFSET
>
> Neat!
>
> Perhaps we could have:
>
> #define PHYS_OFFSET     (KERNEL_START - TEXT_OFFSET)
>
> Which would make the all the PHYS_OFFSET calculations self-documenting.
> It shouldn't clash with the asm/memory.h definition because that's in an
> #ifndef __ASSEMBLY__ block.
>

I will use __PHYS_OFFSET instead, to prevent confusion.

Btw, I will drop the secondary 'adrp x24, __PHYS_OFFSET' lines
completely, as the secondary boot path never refers to x24.

> Either way it all looks correct (and it's nice to see head.S shrink),
> so:
>
> Reviewed-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com>
>

Thanks

> I assume you'll add this to the series introducing adr_l and friends?
>

Yes, that is the idea. I will resend the entire series today, to round
up the missing acks.

-- 
Ard.

>>       bl      set_cpu_boot_mode_flag
>>
>>       bl      __vet_fdt
>> @@ -343,7 +334,8 @@ ENDPROC(__vet_fdt)
>>   *   - pgd entry for fixed mappings (TTBR1)
>>   */
>>  __create_page_tables:
>> -     pgtbl   x25, x26, x28                   // idmap_pg_dir and swapper_pg_dir addresses
>> +     adrp    x25, idmap_pg_dir
>> +     adrp    x26, swapper_pg_dir
>>       mov     x27, lr
>>
>>       /*
>> @@ -372,12 +364,10 @@ __create_page_tables:
>>        * Create the identity mapping.
>>        */
>>       mov     x0, x25                         // idmap_pg_dir
>> -     ldr     x3, =KERNEL_START
>> -     add     x3, x3, x28                     // __pa(KERNEL_START)
>> +     adrp    x3, KERNEL_START                // __pa(KERNEL_START)
>>       create_pgd_entry x0, x3, x5, x6
>> -     ldr     x6, =KERNEL_END
>>       mov     x5, x3                          // __pa(KERNEL_START)
>> -     add     x6, x6, x28                     // __pa(KERNEL_END)
>> +     adr_l   x6, KERNEL_END                  // __pa(KERNEL_END)
>>       create_block_map x0, x7, x3, x5, x6
>>
>>       /*
>> @@ -386,7 +376,7 @@ __create_page_tables:
>>       mov     x0, x26                         // swapper_pg_dir
>>       mov     x5, #PAGE_OFFSET
>>       create_pgd_entry x0, x5, x3, x6
>> -     ldr     x6, =KERNEL_END
>> +     ldr     x6, =KERNEL_END                 // __va(KERNEL_END)
>>       mov     x3, x24                         // phys offset
>>       create_block_map x0, x7, x3, x5, x6
>>
>> @@ -538,8 +528,7 @@ ENDPROC(el2_setup)
>>   * in x20. See arch/arm64/include/asm/virt.h for more info.
>>   */
>>  ENTRY(set_cpu_boot_mode_flag)
>> -     ldr     x1, =__boot_cpu_mode            // Compute __boot_cpu_mode
>> -     add     x1, x1, x28
>> +     adr_l   x1, __boot_cpu_mode
>>       cmp     w20, #BOOT_CPU_MODE_EL2
>>       b.ne    1f
>>       add     x1, x1, #4
>> @@ -570,7 +559,7 @@ ENTRY(__boot_cpu_mode)
>>        */
>>  ENTRY(secondary_holding_pen)
>>       bl      el2_setup                       // Drop to EL1, w20=cpu_boot_mode
>> -     bl      __calc_phys_offset              // x24=PHYS_OFFSET, x28=PHYS_OFFSET-PAGE_OFFSET
>> +     adrp    x24, KERNEL_START - TEXT_OFFSET // x24=PHYS_OFFSET
>>       bl      set_cpu_boot_mode_flag
>>       mrs     x0, mpidr_el1
>>       ldr     x1, =MPIDR_HWID_BITMASK
>> @@ -589,7 +578,7 @@ ENDPROC(secondary_holding_pen)
>>        */
>>  ENTRY(secondary_entry)
>>       bl      el2_setup                       // Drop to EL1
>> -     bl      __calc_phys_offset              // x24=PHYS_OFFSET, x28=PHYS_OFFSET-PAGE_OFFSET
>> +     adrp    x24, KERNEL_START - TEXT_OFFSET // x24=PHYS_OFFSET
>>       bl      set_cpu_boot_mode_flag
>>       b       secondary_startup
>>  ENDPROC(secondary_entry)
>> @@ -598,7 +587,8 @@ ENTRY(secondary_startup)
>>       /*
>>        * Common entry point for secondary CPUs.
>>        */
>> -     pgtbl   x25, x26, x28                   // x25=TTBR0, x26=TTBR1
>> +     adrp    x25, idmap_pg_dir
>> +     adrp    x26, swapper_pg_dir
>>       bl      __cpu_setup                     // initialise processor
>>
>>       ldr     x21, =secondary_data
>> @@ -636,18 +626,3 @@ __enable_mmu:
>>       isb
>>       br      x27
>>  ENDPROC(__enable_mmu)
>> -
>> -/*
>> - * Calculate the start of physical memory.
>> - */
>> -__calc_phys_offset:
>> -     adr     x0, 1f
>> -     ldp     x1, x2, [x0]
>> -     sub     x28, x0, x1                     // x28 = PHYS_OFFSET - PAGE_OFFSET
>> -     add     x24, x2, x28                    // x24 = PHYS_OFFSET
>> -     ret
>> -ENDPROC(__calc_phys_offset)
>> -
>> -     .align 3
>> -1:   .quad   .
>> -     .quad   PAGE_OFFSET
>> --
>> 1.8.3.2
>>
>>



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