[Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 15/35] xen/arm64: head: Rework and document setup_fixmap()

[Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>]

At the moment, the fixmap table is only hooked when earlyprintk is used.
This is fine today because in C land, the fixmap is not used by anyone
until the the boot CPU is switching to the runtime page-tables.

In the future, the boot CPU will not switch between page-tables to
avoid TLB incoherency. Thus, the fixmap table will need to be always
hooked beofre any use. Let's start doing it now in setup_fixmap().

Lastly, document the behavior and the main registers usage within the
function.

Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>

---
    Changes in v2:
        - Update the comment to reflect that we clobbers x1 - x4 and not
        x0 - x1.
        - Add the list of input registers
        - s/ID map/1:1 mapping/
        - Reword the commit message
---
 xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
index a607b3bdb1..f165dd61ca 100644
--- a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
+++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
@@ -693,8 +693,21 @@ identity_mapping_removed:
         ret
 ENDPROC(remove_identity_mapping)
 
+/*
+ * Map the UART in the fixmap (when earlyprintk is used) and hook the
+ * fixmap table in the page tables.
+ *
+ * The fixmap cannot be mapped in create_page_tables because it may
+ * clash with the 1:1 mapping.
+ *
+ * Inputs:
+ *   x20: Physical offset
+ *   x23: Early UART base physical address
+ *
+ * Clobbers x1 - x4
+ */
 setup_fixmap:
-#if defined(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK) /* Fixmap is only used by early printk */
+#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
         /* Add UART to the fixmap table */
         ldr   x1, =xen_fixmap        /* x1 := vaddr (xen_fixmap) */
         lsr   x2, x23, #THIRD_SHIFT
@@ -702,6 +715,7 @@ setup_fixmap:
         mov   x3, #PT_DEV_L3
         orr   x2, x2, x3             /* x2 := 4K dev map including UART */
         str   x2, [x1, #(FIXMAP_CONSOLE*8)] /* Map it in the first fixmap's 
slot */
+#endif
 
         /* Map fixmap into boot_second */
         ldr   x4, =boot_second       /* x4 := vaddr (boot_second) */
@@ -714,7 +728,7 @@ setup_fixmap:
 
         /* Ensure any page table updates made above have occurred. */
         dsb   nshst
-#endif
+
         ret
 ENDPROC(setup_fixmap)
 
-- 
2.11.0


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