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Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:47:29 -0400
From: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xen-devel@...ts.xensource.com
Cc: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/7] xen/mmu: Recycle the Xen provided L4, L3, and L2 pages
As we are not using them. We end up only using the L1 pagetables
and grafting those to our page-tables.
Signed-off-by: Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk <konrad.wilk@...cle.com>
---
arch/x86/xen/mmu.c | 38 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
index 48bdc9f..7f54b75 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/mmu.c
@@ -1724,6 +1724,9 @@ void __init xen_setup_kernel_pagetable(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long max_pfn)
{
pud_t *l3;
pmd_t *l2;
+ unsigned long addr[3];
+ unsigned long pt_base, pt_end;
+ unsigned i;
/* max_pfn_mapped is the last pfn mapped in the initial memory
* mappings. Considering that on Xen after the kernel mappings we
@@ -1731,6 +1734,9 @@ void __init xen_setup_kernel_pagetable(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long max_pfn)
* set max_pfn_mapped to the last real pfn mapped. */
max_pfn_mapped = PFN_DOWN(__pa(xen_start_info->mfn_list));
+ pt_base = PFN_DOWN(__pa(xen_start_info->pt_base));
+ pt_end = PFN_DOWN(__pa(xen_start_info->pt_base + (xen_start_info->nr_pt_frames * PAGE_SIZE)));
+
/* Zap identity mapping */
init_level4_pgt[0] = __pgd(0);
@@ -1749,6 +1755,9 @@ void __init xen_setup_kernel_pagetable(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long max_pfn)
l3 = m2v(pgd[pgd_index(__START_KERNEL_map)].pgd);
l2 = m2v(l3[pud_index(__START_KERNEL_map)].pud);
+ addr[0] = (unsigned long)pgd;
+ addr[1] = (unsigned long)l2;
+ addr[2] = (unsigned long)l3;
/* Graft it onto L4[272][0]. Note that we creating an aliasing problem:
* Both L4[272][0] and L4[511][511] have entries that point to the same
* L2 (PMD) tables. Meaning that if you modify it in __va space
@@ -1791,12 +1800,29 @@ void __init xen_setup_kernel_pagetable(pgd_t *pgd, unsigned long max_pfn)
__xen_write_cr3(true, __pa(init_level4_pgt));
xen_mc_issue(PARAVIRT_LAZY_CPU);
- /* Offset by one page since the original pgd is going bye bye */
- memblock_reserve(__pa(xen_start_info->pt_base + PAGE_SIZE),
- (xen_start_info->nr_pt_frames * PAGE_SIZE) - PAGE_SIZE);
- /* and also RW it so it can actually be used. */
- set_page_prot(pgd, PAGE_KERNEL);
- clear_page(pgd);
+ /* We can't that easily rip out L3 and L2, as the Xen pagetables are
+ * set out this way: [L4], [L1], [L2], [L3], [L1], [L1] ... for
+ * the initial domain. For guests using the toolstack, they are in:
+ * [L4], [L3], [L2], [L1], [L1], order .. */
+ for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(addr); i++) {
+ unsigned j;
+ /* No idea about the order the addr are in, so just do them twice. */
+ for (j = 0; j < ARRAY_SIZE(addr); j++) {
+ if (pt_base == PFN_DOWN(__pa(addr[j]))) {
+ set_page_prot((void *)addr[j], PAGE_KERNEL);
+ clear_page((void *)addr[j]);
+ pt_base++;
+
+ }
+ if (pt_end == PFN_DOWN(__pa(addr[j]))) {
+ set_page_prot((void *)addr[j], PAGE_KERNEL);
+ clear_page((void *)addr[j]);
+ pt_end--;
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ /* Our (by three pages) smaller Xen pagetable that we are using */
+ memblock_reserve(PFN_PHYS(pt_base), (pt_end - pt_base) * PAGE_SIZE);
}
#else /* !CONFIG_X86_64 */
static RESERVE_BRK_ARRAY(pmd_t, initial_kernel_pmd, PTRS_PER_PMD);
--
1.7.7.6
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