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Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH v2 10/35] xen/arm64: head: Improve coding style and document create_pages_tables()



On Mon, 22 Jul 2019, Julien Grall wrote:
> Adjust the coding style used in the comments within create_pages_tables()
> 
> Lastly, document the behavior and the main registers usage within the
> function. Note that x25 is now only used within the function, so it does
> not need to be part of the common register.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <julien.grall@xxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
> index ddc5167020..eddf663021 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/arm64/head.S
> @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
>   *  x22 - is_secondary_cpu
>   *  x23 - UART address
>   *  x24 -
> - *  x25 - identity map in place
> + *  x25 -
>   *  x26 - skip_zero_bss (boot cpu only)
>   *  x27 -
>   *  x28 -
> @@ -436,16 +436,27 @@ cpu_init:
>          ret
>  ENDPROC(cpu_init)
>  
> +/*
> + * Rebuild the boot pagetable's first-level entries. The structure
> + * is described in mm.c.
> + *
> + * After the CPU enables paging it will add the fixmap mapping
> + * to these page tables, however this may clash with the 1:1
> + * mapping. So each CPU must rebuild the page tables here with
> + * the 1:1 in place.
> + *
> + * Inputs:
> + *   x19: paddr(start)
> + *   x20: phys offset
> + *
> + * Clobbers x0 - x4, x25
> + *
> + * Register usage within this function:
> + *   x25: Identity map in place
> + */
>  create_page_tables:
> -        /* Rebuild the boot pagetable's first-level entries. The structure
> -         * is described in mm.c.
> -         *
> -         * After the CPU enables paging it will add the fixmap mapping
> -         * to these page tables, however this may clash with the 1:1
> -         * mapping. So each CPU must rebuild the page tables here with
> -         * the 1:1 in place. */
> -
> -        /* If Xen is loaded at exactly XEN_VIRT_START then we don't
> +        /*
> +         * If Xen is loaded at exactly XEN_VIRT_START then we don't
>           * need an additional 1:1 mapping, the virtual mapping will
>           * suffice.
>           */
> @@ -469,7 +480,8 @@ create_page_tables:
>          cbz   x1, 1f                 /* It's in slot 0, map in boot_first
>                                        * or boot_second later on */
>  
> -        /* Level zero does not support superpage mappings, so we have
> +        /*
> +         * Level zero does not support superpage mappings, so we have
>           * to use an extra first level page in which we create a 1GB mapping.
>           */
>          load_paddr x2, boot_first_id
> -- 
> 2.11.0
> 

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