[PATCH v18 6/7] firmware: arm_rmm: Ensure the RMM has GPT entries for memory

Gavin Shan gshan at redhat.com
Sun Sep 13 22:41:14 PDT 2026


On 9/12/26 6:36 PM, Suzuki K Poulose wrote:
> From: Steven Price <steven.price at arm.com>
> 
> The RMM maintains the state of all the granules in the system to make
> sure that the host is abiding by the rules. This state can be maintained
> at different granularity, per page (TRACKING_FINE) or per region
> (TRACKING_COARSE or TRACKING_INTERMEDIATE). The region size depends on the
> underlying "RMI_GRANULE_SIZE". For a "coarse"/"intermediate" region, all pages
> in the region must be of the same state, this implies we need to have "fine"
> tracking for DRAM, so that we can delegate individual pages.
> 
> For now we only support a statically carved out memory for tracking
> granules for the "fine" regions. This can be extended in the future to
> allow modifying the tracking granularity and remove the need for a
> static allocation by the firmware.
> 
> Similarly, the firmware may create L0 GPT entries describing the total
> address space. But if we change the "PAS" (Physical Address Space) of a
> granule, then the firmware may need to create L1 tables to track the PAS
> at a finer granularity. Linux therefore checks if the platform firmware manages
> the PAR region. i.e., the firmware is in charge of managing the L1 GPTs
> (creation and the required memory for the GPT tables - via static carveouts)
> without host intervention. Support for dynamic GPT creation by the host will be
> added later.
> 
> If the firmware requires us to manage the tracking or GPT memory, Deactivate
> the RMM and reclaim any memory donated at RMM activation.
> 
> Apply the same checks when hotplugged memory is brought online.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Steven Price <steven.price at arm.com>
> [ Switch to RMI_GPT_L1_INFO for checking GPTs and deactivate RMM ]
> Co-Developed-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose at arm.com>
> ---
>   Changes since v17:
>       * Move wrappers that may not be used elsewhere, out of arm-rmi-cmds.h
>   Changes since v16:
>       * Check fine tracking and create L1 GPTs for hotplug-added memory.
>       * Clarify the L1 GPT setup and move the explanatory comment.
>       * Switch to using RMI_GPT_INFO command for checking the GPTs.
>       * Deactivate the RMM and reclaim the memory if we can't proceed.
>   Changes since v15:
>       * Skip firmware-reserved NOMAP memory in rmi_init_metadata()
>       * Handle negative error codes from wrappers.
>   Changes since v14:
>       * Move the implementation into drivers/firmware/arm_rmm.
>   Changes since v13:
>       * Moved out of KVM
> ---
>   drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/rmi.c | 200 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>   include/linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h   |   2 +
>   2 files changed, 202 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/rmi.c b/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/rmi.c
> index ecc89e91d264d..583e1aca9b15a 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/rmi.c
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/arm_rmm/rmi.c
> @@ -5,12 +5,15 @@
>   
>   #include <linux/cpufeature.h>
>   #include <linux/memblock.h>
> +#include <linux/memory.h>
>   #include <linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h>
>   #include <linux/slab.h>
>   
>   #include <asm/memory.h>
>   #include <asm/pgtable-hwdef.h>
>   
> +static bool arm64_rmi_is_available;
> +
>   /* Currently only the first 2 registers are used by Linux */
>   #define RMI_FEAT_REG_COUNT	2
>   static unsigned long rmi_feat_reg_cache[RMI_FEAT_REG_COUNT] __ro_after_init;
> @@ -68,6 +71,69 @@ static inline long rmi_granule_range_undelegate(unsigned long base,
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
> +/**
> + * rmi_granule_tracking_get() - Get configuration of a Granule tracking region
> + * @start: Base PA of the tracking region
> + * @end: End of the PA region
> + * @out_category: Memory category
> + * @out_state: Tracking region state
> + * @out_top: Top of the memory region
> + *
> + * Return: RMI return code
> + */
> +static inline int rmi_granule_tracking_get(unsigned long start,
> +					   unsigned long end,
> +					   unsigned long *out_category,
> +					   unsigned long *out_state,
> +					   unsigned long *out_top)
> +{
> +	struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs regs = {
> +		SMC_RMI_GRANULE_TRACKING_GET, start, end,
> +	};
> +
> +	rmi_smccc_invoke(&regs);
> +
> +	if (regs.a0 != RMI_SUCCESS)
> +		return regs.a0;
> +
> +	if (out_category)
> +		*out_category = regs.a1;
> +	if (out_state)
> +		*out_state = regs.a2;
> +	if (out_top)
> +		*out_top = regs.a3;
> +
> +	return RMI_SUCCESS;
> +}
> +
> +/*
> + * rmi_gpt_info - Query the GPT info for the given PAR.
> + * @start: Base of the physical address region
> + * @top: Top of the physical address region
> + * @out_top: Top of the phyiscal address region for which
> + *		the GPT @out_gpt_par_state is valid
> + * @out_gpt_par_state: State of the GPT covered by [start, out_top)
> + */
> +static inline long rmi_gpt_info(unsigned long start, unsigned long end,
> +				unsigned long *out_top,
> +				unsigned long *out_gpt_par_state)
> +{
> +	struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs regs = {
> +		SMC_RMI_GPT_INFO, start, end,
> +	};
> +
> +	rmi_smccc_invoke(&regs);
> +	if (regs.a0 != RMI_SUCCESS)
> +		return regs.a0;
> +
> +	if (out_top)
> +		*out_top = regs.a1;
> +	if (out_gpt_par_state)
> +		*out_gpt_par_state = regs.a2;
> +
> +	return RMI_SUCCESS;
> +}
> +
>   /**
>    * rmi_features() - Read feature register
>    * @index: Feature register index
> @@ -759,6 +825,124 @@ static int rmi_configure(void)
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
> +/*
> + * Make sure the area is tracked by RMM at FINE granularity.
> + * We do not support changing the tracking yet.
> + */
> +static int rmi_verify_memory_tracking(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end)
> +{
> +	while (start < end) {
> +		unsigned long ret, category, state, next;
> +
> +		ret = rmi_granule_tracking_get(start, end, &category, &state, &next);
> +		if (ret != RMI_SUCCESS)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +		if (state != RMI_TRACKING_FINE ||
> +		    category != RMI_MEM_CATEGORY_CONVENTIONAL) {
> +			/* TODO: Set granule tracking in this case */
> +			pr_err("Granule tracking for region isn't fine/conventional: %llx-%lx\n",
> +			       start, next);
> +			return -ENODEV;
> +		}
> +		start = next;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +

I would suggest to drop rmi_granule_tracking_get() by combining its logics into
rmi_verify_memory_tracking().

/*
  * Make sure the area is tracked by RMM at FINE granularity.
  * We do not support changing the tracking yet.
  */
static int rmi_verify_memory_tracking(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end)
{
         struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs args;

         while (start < end) {
                 args.a0 = SMC_RMI_GRANULE_TRACKING_GET;
                 args.a1 = start;
                 args.a2 = end;
                 rmi_smccc_invoke(&args);

                 if (args.a0 != RMI_SUCCESS)
                         return -ENOMEM;

                 if (args.a1 != RMI_MEM_CATEGORY_CONVENTIONAL ||
                     args.a2 != RMI_TRACKING_FINE) {
                         /* TODO: Set granule tracking in this case */
                         pr_err("Granule tracking for region isn't fine/conventional: %llx-%lx\n",
                                 start, args.a3);
                         return -ENODEV;
                 }

                 start = args.a3;
         }

         return 0;
}

> +/*
> + * We do not support creating L1 GPTs yet. So, make sure that
> + * all the regions are managed by the firmware.
> + */
> +static int rmi_verify_gpt_firmware_managed(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end)
> +{
> +	unsigned long l0gpt_sz;
> +	unsigned long next, par_state;
> +
> +	l0gpt_sz = 1UL << (30 + FIELD_GET(RMI_FEATURE_REGISTER_1_L0GPTSZ,
> +					  rmi_feat_reg(1)));
> +	start = ALIGN_DOWN(start, l0gpt_sz);
> +	end = ALIGN(end, l0gpt_sz);
> +
> +	while (start < end) {
> +		long ret = rmi_gpt_info(start, end, &next, &par_state);
> +
> +		if (ret != RMI_SUCCESS)
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +
> +		if (par_state != RMI_GPT_PAR_PLAT) {
> +			pr_err("GPT for the region is not managed by firmware %llx-%lx\n",
> +				start, next);
> +			return -ENOMEM;
> +		}
> +		start = next;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}

I would suggest to drop rmi_gpt_info() by combining its logics into rmi_verify_gpt_firmware_managed().

/*
  * We do not support creating L1 GPTs yet. So, make sure that
  * all the regions are managed by the firmware.
  */
static int rmi_verify_gpt_firmware_managed(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end)
{
         struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs args;
         unsigned long l0gpt_sz;

         l0gpt_sz = 1UL << (30 + FIELD_GET(RMI_FEATURE_REGISTER_1_L0GPTSZ,
                                           rmi_feat_reg(1)));
         start = ALIGN_DOWN(start, l0gpt_sz);
         end = ALIGN(end, l0gpt_sz);

         while (start < end) {
                 args.a0 = SMC_RMI_GPT_INFO;
                 args.a1 = start;
                 args.a2 = end;
                 rmi_smccc_invoke(&args);
                 if (args.a0 != RMI_SUCCESS)
                         return -ENOMEM;

                 if (args.a2 != RMI_GPT_PAR_PLAT) {
                         pr_err("GPT for the region is not managed by firmware %llx-%lx\n",
                                 start, args.a1);
                         return -ENODEV;
                 }

                 start = args.a2;
         }

         return 0;
}

> +
> +static int rmi_prepare_memory(phys_addr_t start, phys_addr_t end)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = rmi_verify_memory_tracking(start, end);
> +	if (ret)
> +		return ret;
> +
> +	return rmi_verify_gpt_firmware_managed(start, end);
> +}
> +
> +static int rmi_init_metadata(void)
> +{
> +	phys_addr_t start, end;
> +	struct memblock_region *r;
> +
> +	for_each_mem_region(r) {
> +		int ret;
> +
> +		/* Firmware-reserved NOMAP regions are not usable system RAM */
> +		if (memblock_is_nomap(r))
> +			continue;
> +
> +		start = memblock_region_memory_base_pfn(r) << PAGE_SHIFT;
> +		end = memblock_region_memory_end_pfn(r) << PAGE_SHIFT;
> +

nit: unnecessary to covert the physical address (struct memblock_region::base and (base + size))
to PFN and then convert PFN to physical address:

		start = PAGE_ALIGN(r->base);
		end = PAGE_ALIGN_DOWN(r->base + r->size);
		if (start >= end)
			continue;

> +		ret = rmi_prepare_memory(start, end);
> +		if (ret)
> +			return ret;
> +	}
> +
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static int rmi_memory_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb,
> +			       unsigned long action, void *data)
> +{
> +	struct memory_notify *arg = data;
> +	phys_addr_t start, end;
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	if (action != MEM_GOING_ONLINE)
> +		return NOTIFY_DONE;
> +
> +	start = PFN_PHYS(arg->start_pfn);
> +	end = PFN_PHYS(arg->start_pfn + arg->nr_pages);
> +	ret = rmi_prepare_memory(start, end);
> +
> +	return notifier_from_errno(ret);
> +}
> +
> +static struct notifier_block rmi_memory_nb = {
> +	.notifier_call = rmi_memory_notifier,
> +};
> +
> +bool is_rmi_available(void)
> +{
> +	return arm64_rmi_is_available;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(is_rmi_available);
> +
>   static int __init arm64_init_rmi(void)
>   {
>   	int ret;
> @@ -786,8 +970,24 @@ static int __init arm64_init_rmi(void)
>   	if (ret) {
>   		pr_err("RMM activate failed\n");
>   		ret = ret < 0 ? ret : -ENXIO;
> +		return ret;
>   	}
>   
> +	ret = rmi_init_metadata();
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto out_deactivate;
> +
> +	ret = register_memory_notifier(&rmi_memory_nb);
> +	if (ret)
> +		goto out_deactivate;
> +
> +	arm64_rmi_is_available = true;
> +	pr_info("RMI configured\n");
> +
> +	return 0;
> +
> +out_deactivate:
> +	WARN_ON(rmi_sro_memxfer_cmd(sro, GFP_KERNEL, SMC_RMI_RMM_DEACTIVATE));
>   	return ret;
>   }
>   
> diff --git a/include/linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h b/include/linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h
> index cd6e309ddf2d8..27a0c56944976 100644
> --- a/include/linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h
> +++ b/include/linux/arm-rmi-cmds.h
> @@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ static inline int rmi_undelegate_page(phys_addr_t phys)
>   	return rmi_undelegate_range(phys, PAGE_SIZE);
>   }
>   
> +bool is_rmi_available(void);
> +
>   long rmi_sro_memxfer_execute(struct rmi_sro_state *sro, gfp_t gfp);
>   void rmi_sro_free(struct rmi_sro_state *sro);
>   long rmi_sro_execute(struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs *regs);

Thanks,
Gavin




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