[RFC PATCH 3/4] arm64: mmu_change_region_attr() add an option not to break PTEs

Ilias Apalodimas ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org
Thu Jan 30 10:20:17 CET 2025


Hi Jerome,

On Thu, 30 Jan 2025 at 11:11, Jerome Forissier
<jerome.forissier at linaro.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Ilias,
>
> On 1/30/25 08:20, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> > The ARM ARM on section 8.17.1 describes the cases where
> > break-before-make is required when changing live page tables.
> > Since we can use this function to tweak block and page permssions,
> > where BBM is not required add an extra argument to the function.
> >
> > While at it add a function we can use to change the attributes of normal
> > memory without breaking the pages tables first
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cache_v8.c           | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c | 10 ++++-----
> >  arch/arm/include/asm/system.h           |  3 ++-
> >  arch/arm/mach-snapdragon/board.c        |  2 +-
> >  4 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cache_v8.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cache_v8.c
> > index a4ca56c8ed42..60d0870013e8 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cache_v8.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/cache_v8.c
> > @@ -968,11 +968,14 @@ void mmu_set_region_dcache_behaviour(phys_addr_t start, size_t size,
> >   * The procecess is break-before-make. The target region will be marked as
> >   * invalid during the process of changing.
> >   */
> > -void mmu_change_region_attr(phys_addr_t addr, size_t siz, u64 attrs)
> > +void mmu_change_region_attr(phys_addr_t addr, size_t siz, u64 attrs, bool bbm)
> >  {
> >       int level;
> >       u64 r, size, start;
> >
> > +     if (!bbm)
> > +             goto skip_bbm;
> > +
> >       start = addr;
> >       size = siz;
> >       /*
> > @@ -997,6 +1000,7 @@ void mmu_change_region_attr(phys_addr_t addr, size_t siz, u64 attrs)
> >                          gd->arch.tlb_addr + gd->arch.tlb_size);
> >       __asm_invalidate_tlb_all();
> >
> > +skip_bbm:
> >       /*
> >        * Loop through the address range until we find a page granule that fits
> >        * our alignment constraints, then set it to the new cache attributes
> > @@ -1020,6 +1024,27 @@ void mmu_change_region_attr(phys_addr_t addr, size_t siz, u64 attrs)
> >       __asm_invalidate_tlb_all();
> >  }
> >
> > +void mmu_set_attrs(phys_addr_t addr, size_t size, int type)
>
> type should be an enum

yea, I mentioned that in the cover letter.

Thanks!
/Ilias
>
> > +{
> > +     u64 attrs = PTE_BLOCK_MEMTYPE(MT_NORMAL) | PTE_BLOCK_INNER_SHARE | PTE_TYPE_VALID;
> > +
> > +     switch (type) {
> > +     case 1:
> > +     /* RO */
> > +             attrs |= PTE_BLOCK_PXN | PTE_BLOCK_UXN | PTE_BLOCK_RO;
> > +             break;
> > +     case 2:
> > +             /* RX */
> > +             attrs |= PTE_BLOCK_RO;
> > +             break;
> > +     case 3:
> > +             /* RW */
> > +             attrs |= PTE_BLOCK_PXN | PTE_BLOCK_UXN;
> > +     }
> > +
> > +     mmu_change_region_attr(addr, size, attrs, false);
> > +}
> > +
> >  #else        /* !CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SYS_DCACHE_OFF) */
> >
> >  /*
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c
> > index d2d3e346a36f..caf1dab05936 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/cpu/armv8/fsl-layerscape/cpu.c
> > @@ -1573,7 +1573,7 @@ void update_early_mmu_table(void)
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_MEMTYPE(MT_NORMAL)    |
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_OUTER_SHARE           |
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_NS                    |
> > -                                     PTE_TYPE_VALID);
> > +                                     PTE_TYPE_VALID, true);
> >       } else {
> >               mmu_change_region_attr(
> >                                       CFG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE,
> > @@ -1581,7 +1581,7 @@ void update_early_mmu_table(void)
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_MEMTYPE(MT_NORMAL)    |
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_OUTER_SHARE           |
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_NS                    |
> > -                                     PTE_TYPE_VALID);
> > +                                     PTE_TYPE_VALID, true);
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK3_BASE
> >  #ifndef CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK2_SIZE
> >  #error "Missing CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK2_SIZE"
> > @@ -1594,7 +1594,7 @@ void update_early_mmu_table(void)
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_MEMTYPE(MT_NORMAL)    |
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_OUTER_SHARE           |
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_NS                    |
> > -                                     PTE_TYPE_VALID);
> > +                                     PTE_TYPE_VALID, true);
> >                       mmu_change_region_attr(
> >                                       CONFIG_SYS_DDR_BLOCK3_BASE,
> >                                       gd->ram_size -
> > @@ -1603,7 +1603,7 @@ void update_early_mmu_table(void)
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_MEMTYPE(MT_NORMAL)    |
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_OUTER_SHARE           |
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_NS                    |
> > -                                     PTE_TYPE_VALID);
> > +                                     PTE_TYPE_VALID, true);
> >               } else
> >  #endif
> >               {
> > @@ -1614,7 +1614,7 @@ void update_early_mmu_table(void)
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_MEMTYPE(MT_NORMAL)    |
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_OUTER_SHARE           |
> >                                       PTE_BLOCK_NS                    |
> > -                                     PTE_TYPE_VALID);
> > +                                     PTE_TYPE_VALID, true);
> >               }
> >       }
> >  }
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
> > index dbf9ab43e280..0a8ca19e45e9 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
> > +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/system.h
> > @@ -287,8 +287,9 @@ void flush_l3_cache(void);
> >   * @emerg: Also map the region in the emergency table
> >   */
> >  void mmu_map_region(phys_addr_t start, u64 size, bool emerg);
> > -void mmu_change_region_attr(phys_addr_t start, size_t size, u64 attrs);
> > +void mmu_change_region_attr(phys_addr_t start, size_t size, u64 attrs, bool bbm);
> >
> > +void mmu_set_attrs(phys_addr_t addr, size_t size, int type);
> >  /*
> >   * smc_call() - issue a secure monitor call
> >   *
> > diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-snapdragon/board.c b/arch/arm/mach-snapdragon/board.c
> > index 2ef936aab757..13f4e8e640ef 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm/mach-snapdragon/board.c
> > +++ b/arch/arm/mach-snapdragon/board.c
> > @@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ static void carve_out_reserved_memory(void)
> >               if (i == count || start + size < res[i].start - SZ_2M) {
> >                       debug("  0x%016llx - 0x%016llx: reserved\n",
> >                             start, start + size);
> > -                     mmu_change_region_attr(start, size, PTE_TYPE_FAULT);
> > +                     mmu_change_region_attr(start, size, PTE_TYPE_FAULT, true);
> >                       /* If this is the final region then quit here before we index
> >                        * out of bounds...
> >                        */


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