[PATCH v2 11/16] powerpc/64: pcpu setup avoid reading mmu_linear_psize on 64e or radix

Nicholas Piggin npiggin at gmail.com
Thu Oct 21 18:13:37 AEDT 2021


Excerpts from Christophe Leroy's message of October 21, 2021 2:52 pm:
> 
> 
> Le 21/10/2021 à 05:54, Nicholas Piggin a écrit :
>> Radix never sets mmu_linear_psize so it's always 4K, which causes pcpu
>> atom_size to always be PAGE_SIZE. 64e sets it to 1GB always.
>> 
>> Make paths for these platforms to be explicit about what value they set
>> atom_size to.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c | 21 +++++++++++++++------
>>   1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
>> index eaa79a0996d1..7d4bcbc3124e 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/setup_64.c
>> @@ -880,14 +880,23 @@ void __init setup_per_cpu_areas(void)
>>   	int rc = -EINVAL;
>>   
>>   	/*
>> -	 * Linear mapping is one of 4K, 1M and 16M.  For 4K, no need
>> -	 * to group units.  For larger mappings, use 1M atom which
>> -	 * should be large enough to contain a number of units.
>> +	 * BookE and BookS radix are historical values and should be revisited.
>>   	 */
>> -	if (mmu_linear_psize == MMU_PAGE_4K)
>> -		atom_size = PAGE_SIZE;
>> -	else
>> +	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E)) {
>>   		atom_size = 1 << 20;
>> +	} else if (radix_enabled()) {
>> +		atom_size = PAGE_SIZE;
>> +	} else {
> 
> You can keep a single level (and remove the brackets)
> 
> 	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3E))
> 		atom_size = SZ_1M;
> 	else if (radix_enabled())
> 		atom_size = PAGE_SIZE;
> 	else if (mmu_linear_psize == MMU_PAGE_4K)
> 		atom_size = PAGE_SIZE;
> 	else
> 		atom_size = SZ_1M;

I could but the below comment and logic applies to BookS hash so I'm 
happier to put it in its own block. Radix later might also inherit a
comment and size from x86-64.

>> +		/*
>> +		 * Linear mapping is one of 4K, 1M and 16M.  For 4K, no need
>> +		 * to group units.  For larger mappings, use 1M atom which
>> +		 * should be large enough to contain a number of units.
>> +		 */
>> +		if (mmu_linear_psize == MMU_PAGE_4K)
>> +			atom_size = PAGE_SIZE;
>> +		else
>> +			atom_size = 1 << 20;
> 
> Use SZ_1M instead of hardcoding.

Sure.

Thanks,
Nick



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