[RESEND PATCH v2 1/3] fixup mmu_features immediately after getting cpu pa features.

Sourabh Jain sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com
Thu Nov 18 17:12:52 AEDT 2021


Hi MPE,

Any comments or suggestion on list patch series?

Thanks,
Sourabh Jain

On 18/10/21 14:14, Sourabh Jain wrote:
> From: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.ibm.com>
>
> On system with radix support available, early_radix_enabled() starts
> returning true for a small window (until mmu_early_init_devtree() is
> called) even when radix mode disabled on kernel command line. This causes
> ppc64_bolted_size() to return ULONG_MAX in HPT mode instead of supported
> segment size, during boot cpu paca allocation.
>
> Withi kernel command line = "... disable_radix":
>
> early_init_devtree:			  <- early_radix_enabled() = false
>    early_init_dt_scan_cpus:		  <- early_radix_enabled() = false
>        ...
>        check_cpu_pa_features:		  <- early_radix_enabled() = false
>        ...				^ <- early_radix_enabled() = TRUE
>        allocate_paca:			| <- early_radix_enabled() = TRUE
>            ...                           |
>            ppc64_bolted_size:		| <- early_radix_enabled() = TRUE
>                if (early_radix_enabled())| <- early_radix_enabled() = TRUE
>                    return ULONG_MAX;     |
>        ...                               |
>    ...					| <- early_radix_enabled() = TRUE
>    ...					| <- early_radix_enabled() = TRUE
>    mmu_early_init_devtree()              V
>    ...					  <- early_radix_enabled() = false
>
> So far we have not seen any issue because allocate_paca() takes minimum of
> ppc64_bolted_size and rma_size while allocating paca. However it is better
> to close this window by fixing up the mmu features as early as possible.
> This fixes early_radix_enabled() and ppc64_bolted_size() to return valid
> values in radix disable mode. This patch will help subsequent patch to
> depend on early_radix_enabled() check while detecting supported segment
> size in HPT mode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Mahesh Salgaonkar <mahesh at linux.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Sourabh Jain <sourabhjain at linux.ibm.com>
> Reported-and-tested-by: Abdul haleem <abdhalee at linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu.h | 1 +
>   arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h           | 1 +
>   arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c               | 2 ++
>   arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c                | 5 ++++-
>   4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu.h
> index c02f42d1031e..d60be5051d60 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/book3s/64/mmu.h
> @@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ extern int mmu_vmemmap_psize;
>   extern int mmu_io_psize;
>   
>   /* MMU initialization */
> +void update_cpu_features(void);
>   void mmu_early_init_devtree(void);
>   void hash__early_init_devtree(void);
>   void radix__early_init_devtree(void);
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
> index 8abe8e42e045..5eb494ea85d7 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
> @@ -401,6 +401,7 @@ extern void early_init_mmu(void);
>   extern void early_init_mmu_secondary(void);
>   extern void setup_initial_memory_limit(phys_addr_t first_memblock_base,
>   				       phys_addr_t first_memblock_size);
> +static inline void update_cpu_features(void) { }
>   static inline void mmu_early_init_devtree(void) { }
>   
>   static inline void pkey_early_init_devtree(void) {}
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
> index 2e67588f6f6e..889c909e4ed4 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/prom.c
> @@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ static int __init early_init_dt_scan_cpus(unsigned long node,
>   		check_cpu_pa_features(node);
>   	}
>   
> +	/* Update cpu features based on kernel command line */
> +	update_cpu_features();
>   	identical_pvr_fixup(node);
>   	init_mmu_slb_size(node);
>   
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
> index 386be136026e..19680b42898f 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/mm/init_64.c
> @@ -437,12 +437,15 @@ static void __init early_check_vec5(void)
>   	}
>   }
>   
> -void __init mmu_early_init_devtree(void)
> +void __init update_cpu_features(void)
>   {
>   	/* Disable radix mode based on kernel command line. */
>   	if (disable_radix)
>   		cur_cpu_spec->mmu_features &= ~MMU_FTR_TYPE_RADIX;
> +}
>   
> +void __init mmu_early_init_devtree(void)
> +{
>   	/*
>   	 * Check /chosen/ibm,architecture-vec-5 if running as a guest.
>   	 * When running bare-metal, we can use radix if we like


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