Re: [PATCH] arm64/mm: Fix __enable_mmu() for new TGRAN range values

[Will Deacon]

On Sun, Mar 07, 2021 at 05:24:21PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> 
> 
> On 3/5/21 8:21 PM, Mark Rutland wrote:
> > On Fri, Mar 05, 2021 at 08:06:09PM +0530, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> >> From: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> As per ARM ARM DDI 0487G.a, when FEAT_LPA2 is implemented, ID_AA64MMFR0_EL1
> >> might contain a range of values to describe supported translation granules
> >> (4K and 16K pages sizes in particular) instead of just enabled or disabled
> >> values. This changes __enable_mmu() function to handle complete acceptable
> >> range of values (depending on whether the field is signed or unsigned) now
> >> represented with ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN_SUPPORTED_[MIN..MAX] pair. While here,
> >> also fix similar situations in EFI stub and KVM as well.
> >>
> >> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Will Deacon <will@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Marc Zyngier <maz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Suzuki K Poulose <suzuki.poulose@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@xxxxxxx>
> >> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cc: kvmarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cc: linux-efi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Signed-off-by: James Morse <james.morse@xxxxxxx>
> >> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h           | 20 ++++++++++++++------
> >>  arch/arm64/kernel/head.S                  |  6 ++++--
> >>  arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c                    | 23 ++++++++++++-----------
> >>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-stub.c |  2 +-
> >>  4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
> >> index dfd4edb..d4a5fca9 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
> >> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/sysreg.h
> >> @@ -796,6 +796,11 @@
> >>  #define ID_AA64MMFR0_PARANGE_48		0x5
> >>  #define ID_AA64MMFR0_PARANGE_52		0x6
> >>  
> >> +#define ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN_2_SUPPORTED_DEFAULT	0x0
> >> +#define ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN_2_SUPPORTED_NONE	0x1
> >> +#define ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN_2_SUPPORTED_MIN	0x2
> >> +#define ID_AA64MMFR0_TGRAN_2_SUPPORTED_MAX	0x7
> >
> > The TGRAN2 fields doesn't quite follow the usual ID scheme rules, so how
> > do we deteremine the max value? Does the ARM ARM say anything in
> > particular about them, like we do for some of the PMU ID fields?
> 
> Did not find anything in ARM ARM, regarding what scheme TGRAN2 fields
> actually follow. I had arrived at more restrictive 0x7 value, like the
> usual signed fields as the TGRAN4 fields definitely do not follow the
> unsigned ID scheme. Would restricting max value to 0x3 (i.e LPA2) be a
> better option instead ?

I don't think it helps much, as TGRAN64_2 doesn't even define 0x3.

So I think this patch is probably the best we can do, but the Arm ARM could
really do with describing the scheme here.

Will