linux/arch/riscv
Anup Patel 671f9a3e2e RISC-V: Setup initial page tables in two stages
Currently, the setup_vm() does initial page table setup in one-shot
very early before enabling MMU. Due to this, the setup_vm() has to map
all possible kernel virtual addresses since it does not know size and
location of RAM. This means we have kernel mappings for non-existent
RAM and any buggy driver (or kernel) code doing out-of-bound access
to RAM will not fault and cause underterministic behaviour.

Further, the setup_vm() creates PMD mappings (i.e. 2M mappings) for
RV64 systems. This means for PAGE_OFFSET=0xffffffe000000000 (i.e.
MAXPHYSMEM_128GB=y), the setup_vm() will require 129 pages (i.e.
516 KB) of memory for initial page tables which is never freed. The
memory required for initial page tables will further increase if
we chose a lower value of PAGE_OFFSET (e.g. 0xffffff0000000000)

This patch implements two-staged initial page table setup, as follows:
1. Early (i.e. setup_vm()): This stage maps kernel image and DTB in
a early page table (i.e. early_pg_dir). The early_pg_dir will be used
only by boot HART so it can be freed as-part of init memory free-up.
2. Final (i.e. setup_vm_final()): This stage maps all possible RAM
banks in the final page table (i.e. swapper_pg_dir). The boot HART
will start using swapper_pg_dir at the end of setup_vm_final(). All
non-boot HARTs directly use the swapper_pg_dir created by boot HART.

We have following advantages with this new approach:
1. Kernel mappings for non-existent RAM don't exists anymore.
2. Memory consumed by initial page tables is now indpendent of the
chosen PAGE_OFFSET.
3. Memory consumed by initial page tables on RV64 system is 2 pages
(i.e. 8 KB) which has significantly reduced and these pages will be
freed as-part of the init memory free-up.

The patch also provides a foundation for implementing strict kernel
mappings where we protect kernel text and rodata using PTE permissions.

Suggested-by: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@wdc.com>
[paul.walmsley@sifive.com: updated to apply; fixed a checkpatch warning]
Signed-off-by: Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@sifive.com>
2019-07-09 09:08:04 -07:00
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boot arch: riscv: add config option for building SiFive's SoC resource 2019-07-01 13:15:36 -07:00
configs riscv: defconfig: enable SOC_SIFIVE 2019-07-01 13:20:05 -07:00
include RISC-V: Setup initial page tables in two stages 2019-07-09 09:08:04 -07:00
kernel RISC-V: Setup initial page tables in two stages 2019-07-09 09:08:04 -07:00
lib RISC-V patches for v5.2-rc6 2019-06-17 10:34:03 -07:00
mm RISC-V: Setup initial page tables in two stages 2019-07-09 09:08:04 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/bpf/bpf 2019-06-07 14:46:47 -07:00
Kconfig riscv: Introduce huge page support for 32/64bit kernel 2019-07-03 15:23:38 -07:00
Kconfig.debug RISC-V: Remove EARLY_PRINTK support 2018-12-17 10:23:46 -08:00
Kconfig.socs riscv: select SiFive platform drivers with SOC_SIFIVE 2019-07-01 13:20:01 -07:00
Makefile riscv: remove CONFIG_RISCV_ISA_A 2019-04-25 14:51:10 -07:00