linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64/mm: Use CONT_SHIFT to define CONT_PTE

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Date:   Thu, 10 Sep 2020 19:56:35 +1000
From:   Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>
To:     Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, catalin.marinas@....com,
        will@...nel.org, shan.gavin@...il.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] arm64/mm: Use CONT_SHIFT to define CONT_PTE_SHIFT

Hi Anshuman,

On 9/10/20 7:28 PM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> On 09/10/2020 02:01 PM, Gavin Shan wrote:
>> On 9/10/20 4:17 PM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
>>> On 09/08/2020 12:49 PM, Gavin Shan wrote:
>>>> The macro CONT_PTE_SHIFT actually depends on CONT_SHIFT, which has
>>>> been defined in page-def.h, based on CONFIG_ARM64_CONT_SHIFT. Lets
>>>> reflect the dependency.
>>>>
>>>> Signed-off-by: Gavin Shan <gshan@...hat.com>
>>>> ---
>>>>    arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h | 4 +---
>>>>    1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>>>
>>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h
>>>> index 8a399e666837..0bd9469f4323 100644
>>>> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h
>>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h
>>>> @@ -81,14 +81,12 @@
>>>>    /*
>>>>     * Contiguous page definitions.
>>>>     */
>>>> +#define CONT_PTE_SHIFT        (CONT_SHIFT + PAGE_SHIFT)
>>>>    #ifdef CONFIG_ARM64_64K_PAGES
>>>> -#define CONT_PTE_SHIFT        (5 + PAGE_SHIFT)
>>>>    #define CONT_PMD_SHIFT        (5 + PMD_SHIFT)
>>>>    #elif defined(CONFIG_ARM64_16K_PAGES)
>>>> -#define CONT_PTE_SHIFT        (7 + PAGE_SHIFT)
>>>>    #define CONT_PMD_SHIFT        (5 + PMD_SHIFT)
>>>>    #else
>>>> -#define CONT_PTE_SHIFT        (4 + PAGE_SHIFT)
>>>>    #define CONT_PMD_SHIFT        (4 + PMD_SHIFT)
>>>>    #endif
>>> Could not a similar CONT_PMD be created from a new CONFIG_ARM64_CONT_PMD
>>> config option, which would help unify CONT_PMD_SHIFT here as well ?
>>>
>>
>> I was thinking of it, to have CONFIG_ARM64_CONT_PMD and defined the
>> following macros in arch/arm64/include/asm/page-def.h:
>>
>>     #define CONT_PMD_SHIFT    CONFIG_ARM64_CONT_PMD_SHIFT
>>     #define CONT_PMD_SIZE        (_AC(1, UL) << (CONT_PMD_SHIFT + PMD_SHIFT)
>>     #define CONT_PMD_MASK        (~(CONT_PMD_SIZE - 1))
>>
>> PMD_SHIFT is variable because PMD could be folded into PUD or PGD,
>> depending on the kernel configuration. PMD_SHIFT is declared
> 
> Even CONT_PMD_SHIFT via the new CONFIG_ARM64_CONT_PMD_SHIFT will
> be a variable as well depending on page size.
> 

Yes, it depends on the variable PMD_SHIFT.

>> in arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-types.h, which isn't supposed
>> to be included in "page-def.h".
> 
> Are there build failures if <pgtable-types.h> is included from <page-def.h> ?
> 

Yes, something like this:

   AS      arch/arm64/kernel/head.o
In file included from ./arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable-hwdef.h:8,
                  from ./arch/arm64/include/asm/page-def.h:12,
                  from ./arch/arm64/include/asm/page.h:11,
                  from ./arch/arm64/include/asm/proc-fns.h:14,
                  from ./arch/arm64/include/asm/pgtable.h:9,
                  from ./include/linux/pgtable.h:6,
                  from ./arch/arm64/include/asm/io.h:12,
                  from ./include/linux/io.h:13,
                  from drivers/bus/vexpress-config.c:9:
./arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h:91:55: warning: "PAGE_SHIFT" is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
  #if defined(CONFIG_VMAP_STACK) && (MIN_THREAD_SHIFT < PAGE_SHIFT)
                                                        ^~~~~~~~~~
./arch/arm64/include/asm/memory.h:97:21: warning: "PAGE_SHIFT" is not defined, evaluates to 0 [-Wundef]
  #if THREAD_SHIFT >= PAGE_SHIFT
                      ^~~~~~~~~~


>>
>> So the peroper way to handle this might be drop the continuous page
>> macros in page-def.h and introduce the following ones into pgtable-hwdef.h.
>> I will post v2 to do this if it sounds good to you.
> 
> Sure, go ahead if that builds. But unifying both these macros seems cleaner.
> 

Thanks for your confirmation. v2 is on the way :)

>>
>>     #define CONT_PTE_SHIFT         (CONFIG_ARM64_CONT_PTE_SHIFT + PAGE_SHIFT)
>>     #define CONT_PMD_SHIFT         (CONFIG_ARM64_CONT_PMD_SHIFT + PMD_SHIFT)
>>

Thanks,
Gavin