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Re: [Xen-devel] [RFC for-4.8 v2 1/7] xen/arm: Add MATTR_MEM_NC for normal non-cacheable memory



Hi Edgar,

On 03/06/16 14:29, Edgar E. Iglesias wrote:
From: "Edgar E. Iglesias" <edgar.iglesias@xxxxxxxxxx>

Add the MATTR_MEM_NC macro describing normal non-cacheable memory.

Signed-off-by: Edgar E. Iglesias <edgar.iglesias@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
  xen/arch/arm/p2m.c         | 1 +
  xen/include/asm-arm/page.h | 1 +
  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/p2m.c b/xen/arch/arm/p2m.c
index 838d004..0f1e1b1 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/p2m.c
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/p2m.c
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ static lpae_t mfn_to_p2m_entry(unsigned long mfn, unsigned 
int mattr,
          e.p2m.sh = LPAE_SH_INNER;
          break;

+    case MATTR_MEM_NC:

I would add a comment here to explain why non-cacheable memory should always be outer-shareable (see DDI 0406C.b B3-1376 to 1377).

For ideas on what to write, see mfn_to_xen_entry in include/asm-arm/page.h

      case MATTR_DEV:
          e.p2m.sh = LPAE_SH_OUTER;
          break;
diff --git a/xen/include/asm-arm/page.h b/xen/include/asm-arm/page.h
index a94e978..45d2e2c 100644
--- a/xen/include/asm-arm/page.h
+++ b/xen/include/asm-arm/page.h
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@
   *
   */
  #define MATTR_DEV     0x1
+#define MATTR_MEM_NC  0x5
  #define MATTR_MEM     0xf

  /* Flags for get_page_from_gva, gvirt_to_maddr etc */


Regards,

--
Julien Grall

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