linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 1/2] mm: provide a fallback for PAGE_KERNEL

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Date:   Wed,  9 May 2018 18:44:46 -0700
From:   "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
To:     arnd@...db.de
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, willy@...radead.org,
        geert@...ux-m68k.org, linux-m68k@...ts.linux-m68k.org,
        linux-arch@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        "Luis R. Rodriguez" <mcgrof@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v2 1/2] mm: provide a fallback for PAGE_KERNEL_RO for architectures

Some architectures do not define certain PAGE_KERNEL_* flags, this is
either because:

a) The way to implement some these flags is *not yet ported*, or
b) The architecture *has no way* to describe them

Over time we have accumulated a few PAGE_KERNEL_* fallback work arounds for
architectures in the kernel which do not define them using *relatively safe*
equivalents. Move these scattered fallback hacks into asm-generic and
document which architectures needs further evaluation for which
PAGE_KERNEL_* flag.

We start off with PAGE_KERNEL_RO using PAGE_KERNEL as a fallback. This
has been in place on the firmware loader for years. Move the fallback
into the respective asm-generic header.

Architectures which don't define this yet:

  o alpha
  o ia64
  o m68k
  o mips
  o sparc64
  o sparc

Signed-off-by: Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@...nel.org>
---
 drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c |  5 -----
 include/asm-generic/pgtable.h           | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
index 358354148dec..36f016b753e0 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_loader/fallback.c
@@ -219,11 +219,6 @@ static ssize_t firmware_loading_show(struct device *dev,
 	return sprintf(buf, "%d\n", loading);
 }
 
-/* Some architectures don't have PAGE_KERNEL_RO */
-#ifndef PAGE_KERNEL_RO
-#define PAGE_KERNEL_RO PAGE_KERNEL
-#endif
-
 /* one pages buffer should be mapped/unmapped only once */
 static int map_fw_priv_pages(struct fw_priv *fw_priv)
 {
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
index f59639afaa39..890fc54f4713 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/pgtable.h
@@ -1083,6 +1083,30 @@ int phys_mem_access_prot_allowed(struct file *file, unsigned long pfn,
 static inline void init_espfix_bsp(void) { }
 #endif
 
+/*
+ * Architecture PAGE_KERNEL_* fallbacks
+ *
+ * Some architectures don't define certain PAGE_KERNEL_* flags. This is either
+ * because they really don't support them, or the port needs to be updated to
+ * reflect the required functionality. Below are a set of relatively safe
+ * fallbacks, as best effort, which we can count on in lieu of the architectures
+ * not defining them on their own yet.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Current architectures known to not define PAGE_KERNEL_RO:
+ *
+ *  o alpha
+ *  o ia64
+ *  o m68k
+ *  o mips
+ *  o sparc64
+ *  o sparc
+ */
+#ifndef PAGE_KERNEL_RO
+# define PAGE_KERNEL_RO PAGE_KERNEL
+#endif
+
 #endif /* !__ASSEMBLY__ */
 
 #ifndef io_remap_pfn_range
-- 
2.17.0