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Re: [PATCH v3 16/19] xen/arm: mm: Use the PMAP helpers in xen_{,un}map_table()



On Mon, 21 Feb 2022, Julien Grall wrote:
> From: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> During early boot, it is not possible to use xen_{,un}map_table()
> if the page tables are not residing the Xen binary.
> 
> This is a blocker to switch some of the helpers to use xen_pt_update()
> as we may need to allocate extra page tables and access them before
> the domheap has been initialized (see setup_xenheap_mappings()).
> 
> xen_{,un}map_table() are now updated to use the PMAP helpers for early
> boot map/unmap. Note that the special case for page-tables residing
> in Xen binary has been dropped because it is "complex" and was
> only added as a workaround in 8d4f1b8878e0 ("xen/arm: mm: Allow
> generic xen page-tables helpers to be called early").
> 
> Signed-off-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>


Reviewed-by: Stefano Stabellini <sstabellini@xxxxxxxxxx>


> ---
>     Changes in v2:
>         - New patch
> ---
>  xen/arch/arm/mm.c | 33 +++++++++------------------------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/xen/arch/arm/mm.c b/xen/arch/arm/mm.c
> index 659bdf25e0ff..11b6b60a2bc1 100644
> --- a/xen/arch/arm/mm.c
> +++ b/xen/arch/arm/mm.c
> @@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
>  #include <xen/libfdt/libfdt.h>
>  #include <xen/mm.h>
>  #include <xen/pfn.h>
> +#include <xen/pmap.h>
>  #include <xen/sched.h>
>  #include <xen/sizes.h>
>  #include <xen/types.h>
> @@ -964,27 +965,11 @@ void *ioremap(paddr_t pa, size_t len)
>  static lpae_t *xen_map_table(mfn_t mfn)
>  {
>      /*
> -     * We may require to map the page table before map_domain_page() is
> -     * useable. The requirements here is it must be useable as soon as
> -     * page-tables are allocated dynamically via alloc_boot_pages().
> -     *
> -     * We need to do the check on physical address rather than virtual
> -     * address to avoid truncation on Arm32. Therefore is_kernel() cannot
> -     * be used.
> +     * During early boot, map_domain_page() may be unusable. Use the
> +     * PMAP to map temporarily a page-table.
>       */
>      if ( system_state == SYS_STATE_early_boot )
> -    {
> -        if ( is_xen_fixed_mfn(mfn) )
> -        {
> -            /*
> -             * It is fine to demote the type because the size of Xen
> -             * will always fit in vaddr_t.
> -             */
> -            vaddr_t offset = mfn_to_maddr(mfn) - virt_to_maddr(&_start);
> -
> -            return (lpae_t *)(XEN_VIRT_START + offset);
> -        }
> -    }
> +        return pmap_map(mfn);
>  
>      return map_domain_page(mfn);
>  }
> @@ -993,12 +978,12 @@ static void xen_unmap_table(const lpae_t *table)
>  {
>      /*
>       * During early boot, xen_map_table() will not use map_domain_page()
> -     * for page-tables residing in Xen binary. So skip the unmap part.
> +     * but the PMAP.
>       */
> -    if ( system_state == SYS_STATE_early_boot && is_kernel(table) )
> -        return;
> -
> -    unmap_domain_page(table);
> +    if ( system_state == SYS_STATE_early_boot )
> +        pmap_unmap(table);
> +    else
> +        unmap_domain_page(table);
>  }
>  
>  static int create_xen_table(lpae_t *entry)
> -- 
> 2.32.0
> 



 


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