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Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 22:00:09 +0100
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
To: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] arm64: Utilize phys_initrd_start/phys_initrd_size
On 5 November 2018 at 21:51, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
> On 11/5/18 12:44 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> On 5 November 2018 at 21:41, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
>>> On 11/5/18 12:39 PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>>>> Hi Florian,
>>>>
>>>> On 31 October 2018 at 20:28, Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com> wrote:
>>>>> ARM64 is the only architecture that re-defines
>>>>> __early_init_dt_declare_initrd() in order for that function to populate
>>>>> initrd_start/initrd_end with physical addresses instead of virtual
>>>>> addresses. Instead of having an override we can leverage
>>>>> drivers/of/fdt.c populating phys_initrd_start/phys_initrd_size to
>>>>> populate those variables for us.
>>>>>
>>>>> Signed-off-by: Florian Fainelli <f.fainelli@...il.com>
>>>>> ---
>>>>> arch/arm64/mm/init.c | 19 +++++++++----------
>>>>> 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>>>>>
>>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>>>> index 3cf87341859f..00ef2166bb73 100644
>>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/mm/init.c
>>>>> @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ static int __init early_initrd(char *p)
>>>>> if (*endp == ',') {
>>>>> size = memparse(endp + 1, NULL);
>>>>>
>>>>> - initrd_start = start;
>>>>> - initrd_end = start + size;
>>>>> + phys_initrd_start = start;
>>>>> + phys_initrd_size = size;
>>>>> }
>>>>> return 0;
>>>>> }
>>>>> @@ -408,14 +408,14 @@ void __init arm64_memblock_init(void)
>>>>> memblock_add(__pa_symbol(_text), (u64)(_end - _text));
>>>>> }
>>>>>
>>>>> - if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) && initrd_start) {
>>>>> + if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) && phys_initrd_size) {
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * Add back the memory we just removed if it results in the
>>>>> * initrd to become inaccessible via the linear mapping.
>>>>> * Otherwise, this is a no-op
>>>>> */
>>>>> - u64 base = initrd_start & PAGE_MASK;
>>>>> - u64 size = PAGE_ALIGN(initrd_end) - base;
>>>>> + u64 base = phys_initrd_start & PAGE_MASK;
>>>>> + u64 size = PAGE_ALIGN(phys_initrd_size);
>>>>>
>>>>> /*
>>>>> * We can only add back the initrd memory if we don't end up
>>>>> @@ -460,12 +460,11 @@ void __init arm64_memblock_init(void)
>>>>> */
>>>>> memblock_reserve(__pa_symbol(_text), _end - _text);
>>>>> #ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD
>>>>> - if (initrd_start) {
>>>>> - memblock_reserve(initrd_start, initrd_end - initrd_start);
>>>>> -
>>>>> + if (phys_initrd_size) {
>>>>> /* the generic initrd code expects virtual addresses */
>>>>> - initrd_start = __phys_to_virt(initrd_start);
>>>>> - initrd_end = __phys_to_virt(initrd_end);
>>>>> + initrd_start = __phys_to_virt(phys_initrd_start);
>>>>> + initrd_end = initrd_start + phys_initrd_size;
>>>>> + initrd_below_start_ok = 0;
>>>>
>>>> Where is this assignment coming from?
>>>
>>> __early_init_dt_declare_initrd() sets initrd_below_start_ok to 1 though
>>> after patch #5 this is not necessary any more.
>>
>> Yes, but why? The original arm64 version of
>> __early_init_dt_declare_initrd() does not set it but now you set to 1
>> in the IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64) section in the generic code and set it
>> back to 0 here.
>
> Humm, it is an if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARM64)) condition, so we would not
> be taking that branch on an ARM64 kernel.
>
Right. So now that we are not setting it to 1 on arm64, there is no
longer a reason to set it to 0 again, no?
> If you are saying the assignment is not necessary anymore after patch #5
> , that is true, though this can only be done a part of part #5, not as
> part of patch #4 in order not to break initrd functionality in-between
> patches.
>
>>
>> Or am I missing something?
>>
>
> Not sure, I could be too, it's Monday after all :)
Yeah :-)
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