linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: LPAE: load upper bits of early TTBR0/TTBR1

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Message-ID: <CABb+yY17Y18oAivi_VxPJqDEGLTbEy_PfsdeK9jXWZ0iV3vZ=w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:56:50 +0530
From:	Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar@...il.com>
To:	Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com>
Cc:	Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
	Konstantin Khlebnikov <k.khlebnikov@...sung.com>,
	Russell King <linux@....linux.org.uk>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Vitaly Andrianov <vitalya@...com>,
	Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@...com>,
	"linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org" 
	<linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] ARM: LPAE: load upper bits of early TTBR0/TTBR1

On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 5:59 PM, Konstantin Khlebnikov <koct9i@...il.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:47 PM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 07:40:58PM +0100, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
>>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 10:12 PM, Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com> wrote:
>>> > On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 04:36:23PM +0100, Konstantin Khlebnikov wrote:
>>> >> This patch fixes booting when idmap pgd lays above 4gb. Commit
>>> >> 4756dcbfd37 mostly had fixed this, but it'd failed to load upper bits.
>>> >>
>>> >> Also this fixes adding TTBR1_OFFSET to TTRR1: if lower part overflows
>>> >> carry flag must be added to the upper part.
>>> >>
>>> >> Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <k.khlebnikov@...sung.com>
>>> >> Cc: Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@...com>
>>> >> Cc: Vitaly Andrianov <vitalya@...com>
>>> >> ---
>>> >>  arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-3level.S |    7 +++----
>>> >>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>>> >>
>>> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-3level.S b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-3level.S
>>> >> index 22e3ad6..f0481dd 100644
>>> >> --- a/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-3level.S
>>> >> +++ b/arch/arm/mm/proc-v7-3level.S
>>> >> @@ -140,12 +140,11 @@ ENDPROC(cpu_v7_set_pte_ext)
>>> >>       mov     \tmp, \ttbr1, lsr #(32 - ARCH_PGD_SHIFT)        @ upper bits
>>> >>       mov     \ttbr1, \ttbr1, lsl #ARCH_PGD_SHIFT             @ lower bits
>>> >>       addls   \ttbr1, \ttbr1, #TTBR1_OFFSET
>>> >> -     mcrr    p15, 1, \ttbr1, \zero, c2                       @ load TTBR1
>>> >> +     adcls   \tmp, \tmp, #0
>>> >> +     mcrr    p15, 1, \ttbr1, \tmp, c2                        @ load TTBR1
>>> >>       mov     \tmp, \ttbr0, lsr #(32 - ARCH_PGD_SHIFT)        @ upper bits
>>> >>       mov     \ttbr0, \ttbr0, lsl #ARCH_PGD_SHIFT             @ lower bits
>>> >> -     mcrr    p15, 0, \ttbr0, \zero, c2                       @ load TTBR0
>>> >> -     mcrr    p15, 1, \ttbr1, \zero, c2                       @ load TTBR1
>>> >> -     mcrr    p15, 0, \ttbr0, \zero, c2                       @ load TTBR0
>>> >> +     mcrr    p15, 0, \ttbr0, \tmp, c2                        @ load TTBR0
>>> >
>>> > I must admit, the code you are removing here looks really strange. Was there
>>> > a badly resolved conflict somewhere along the way? It would be nice to see
>>> > if your fix (which seems ok to me) was actually present in the mailing list
>>> > posting of the patch that ended in the above mess.
>>>
>>> Nope, no merge conflicts, source in original patch
>>> https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/9/11/346
>>>
>>> That mess completely harmless, this code is used only once on boot.
>>> I don't have that email, so replying isn't trivial for me.
>>
>> How bizarre. Also, Cyril doesn't work for TI anymore (his email is
>> bouncing), so it's tricky to know what he meant here.
>>
>> Your patch looks better than what we currently have though. Have you managed
>> to test it on a keystone platform (I don't have one)?
>
> No, I don't have it too. As well as I don't have direct access to the
> platform where
> problem was found. I've debugged this in patched qemu.
>
It seems the patch wasn't tested on any real platform, I did on my
CA15 based platform - it breaks boot. Simply reverting the patch gets
it going again. I am happy to try any fix.

Thanks
Jassi
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