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Message-ID: <20210619002422.5f5960b9@xhacker>
Date:   Sat, 19 Jun 2021 00:24:22 +0800
From:   Jisheng Zhang <jszhang3@...l.ustc.edu.cn>
To:     Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>
Cc:     Vitaly Wool <vitaly.wool@...sulko.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] riscv: Remove all XIP fixups by initializing MMU in
 memory

On Fri, 18 Jun 2021 16:23:53 +0200
Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr> wrote:

> For XIP kernel, the variables that are accessed when the MMU is off must be
> fixup and it is currently achieved by adding a preprocessor macro for all
> those variables. This comes with a few drawbacks:
> 
> - it adds a lot of code, especially in mm/init.c which gets overloaded,
> - it easily breaks XIP kernels as anyone accessing a global variable before
>   the MMU is on must fixup this variable,
> - it prevents the usage of those fixup variables anywhere outside
>   mm/init.c: kernel addresses conversion macros would benefit to switch
>   to inline functions.
> 
> This patch makes the data fixups unnecessary by initializing the MMU in the
> memory rather than in flash. Indeed, very soon in the boot process, the
> kernel is copied to memory and the execution continues from there until
> the kernel mapping is established where the execution jumps back in
> flash. Then the offsets from the PC are preserved and no fixup is
> necessary. And the kernel text in memory is never reserved so it is free
> to use later on.

To be honest, the XIP enabling patch makes the code complex. This patch cleans up
the code a lot! Thank you so much.

> 
> This solution has the following drawbacks:
> 
> - XIP kernel boot is longer because of the copy to memory, but can be
>   improved by copying only necessary parts,
> - in the current implementation, it creates a hole at the beginning of
>   the memory which could prevent large contiguous allocation,
> - it actually just inverts what needs to be fixup: now rodata and text
>   symbols accessed during the initialization of the MMU must be fixup
>   whereas it was data before. However, I found a single fixup to be
>   necessary and it is the dtb physical address in case CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB
>   is set.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alex@...ti.fr>
> ---
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h    | 12 ++---
>  arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h | 22 +-------
>  arch/riscv/kernel/head.S         | 87 +++++++++++++++++++++++---------
>  arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c        |  2 +-
>  arch/riscv/mm/init.c             | 59 +++-------------------
>  5 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 104 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
> index 5d4622a44b09..97a950bbd3bf 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
> @@ -105,11 +105,11 @@ extern unsigned long kernel_virt_addr;
>  	((x) >= PAGE_OFFSET && (x) < kernel_virt_addr)
>  
>  #define linear_mapping_pa_to_va(x)	((void *)((unsigned long)(x) + va_pa_offset))
> -#define kernel_mapping_pa_to_va(y)	({						\
> -	unsigned long _y = y;								\
> -	(_y >= CONFIG_PHYS_RAM_BASE) ?							\
> -		(void *)((unsigned long)(_y) + va_kernel_pa_offset + XIP_OFFSET) :	\
> -		(void *)((unsigned long)(_y) + va_kernel_xip_pa_offset);		\
> +#define kernel_mapping_pa_to_va(y)	({					\
> +	unsigned long _y = y;							\
> +	(_y >= CONFIG_PHYS_RAM_BASE) ?						\
> +		(void *)((unsigned long)(_y) + va_kernel_pa_offset) :		\
> +		(void *)((unsigned long)(_y) + va_kernel_xip_pa_offset);	\
>  	})
>  #define __pa_to_va_nodebug(x)		linear_mapping_pa_to_va(x)
>  
> @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ extern unsigned long kernel_virt_addr;
>  	unsigned long _y = y;							\
>  	(_y < kernel_virt_addr + XIP_OFFSET) ?					\
>  		((unsigned long)(_y) - va_kernel_xip_pa_offset) :		\
> -		((unsigned long)(_y) - va_kernel_pa_offset - XIP_OFFSET);	\
> +		((unsigned long)(_y) - va_kernel_pa_offset);			\
>  	})
>  
>  #define __va_to_pa_nodebug(x)	({						\
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> index 3ccd2dc52e85..99ec99384bf0 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/pgtable.h
> @@ -95,17 +95,6 @@
>  #include <asm/pgtable-32.h>
>  #endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> -#define XIP_FIXUP(addr) ({							\
> -	uintptr_t __a = (uintptr_t)(addr);					\
> -	(__a >= CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR && __a < CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR + SZ_16M) ?	\
> -		__a - CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR + CONFIG_PHYS_RAM_BASE - XIP_OFFSET :\
> -		__a;								\
> -	})
> -#else
> -#define XIP_FIXUP(addr)		(addr)
> -#endif /* CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL */
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
>  /* Number of entries in the page global directory */
>  #define PTRS_PER_PGD    (PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(pgd_t))
> @@ -683,15 +672,8 @@ static inline pmd_t pmdp_establish(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
>  #define kern_addr_valid(addr)   (1) /* FIXME */
>  
>  extern char _start[];
> -extern void *_dtb_early_va;
> -extern uintptr_t _dtb_early_pa;
> -#if defined(CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL) && defined(CONFIG_MMU)
> -#define dtb_early_va	(*(void **)XIP_FIXUP(&_dtb_early_va))
> -#define dtb_early_pa	(*(uintptr_t *)XIP_FIXUP(&_dtb_early_pa))
> -#else
> -#define dtb_early_va	_dtb_early_va
> -#define dtb_early_pa	_dtb_early_pa
> -#endif /* CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL */
> +extern void *dtb_early_va;
> +extern uintptr_t dtb_early_pa;
>  
>  void paging_init(void);
>  void misc_mem_init(void);
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
> index 89cc58ab52b4..7ac7d2bd1a53 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/head.S
> @@ -17,14 +17,33 @@
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
>  .macro XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET reg
> -	REG_L t0, _xip_fixup
> +	li t0, CONFIG_PHYS_RAM_BASE - CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR
>  	add \reg, \reg, t0
>  .endm
> -_xip_fixup: .dword CONFIG_PHYS_RAM_BASE - CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR - XIP_OFFSET
> +
> +.macro MEM_FIXUP_OFFSET reg
> +	li t0, CONFIG_XIP_PHYS_ADDR - CONFIG_PHYS_RAM_BASE
> +	add \reg, \reg, t0
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro XIP_JUMP_TO_MEM
> +	la t1, 0f
> +	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET t1
> +	jalr ra, t1, 0
> +0:
> +	/* Reload the global pointer: we are now in memory! */
> +.option push
> +.option norelax
> +	la gp, __global_pointer$
> +.option pop
> +.endm
>  #else
> -.macro XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET reg
> +.macro MEM_FIXUP_OFFSET reg
> +.endm
> +
> +.macro XIP_JUMP_TO_MEM
>  .endm
> -#endif /* CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL */
> +#endif
>  
>  __HEAD
>  ENTRY(_start)
> @@ -82,7 +101,6 @@ pe_head_start:
>  relocate:
>  	/* Relocate return address */
>  	la a1, kernel_virt_addr
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET a1
>  	REG_L a1, 0(a1)
>  	la a2, _start
>  	sub a1, a1, a2
> @@ -105,7 +123,6 @@ relocate:
>  	 * to ensure the new translations are in use.
>  	 */
>  	la a0, trampoline_pg_dir
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET a0
>  	srl a0, a0, PAGE_SHIFT
>  	or a0, a0, a1
>  	sfence.vma
> @@ -159,9 +176,7 @@ secondary_start_sbi:
>  
>  	slli a3, a0, LGREG
>  	la a4, __cpu_up_stack_pointer
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET a4
>  	la a5, __cpu_up_task_pointer
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET a5
>  	add a4, a3, a4
>  	add a5, a3, a5
>  	REG_L sp, (a4)
> @@ -173,7 +188,6 @@ secondary_start_common:
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
>  	/* Enable virtual memory and relocate to virtual address */
>  	la a0, swapper_pg_dir
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET a0
>  	call relocate
>  #endif
>  	call setup_trap_vector
> @@ -253,14 +267,12 @@ pmp_done:
>  	tail .Lsecondary_park
>  .Lgood_cores:
>  #endif
> -
>  #ifndef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
>  	/* Pick one hart to run the main boot sequence */
>  	la a3, hart_lottery
>  	li a2, 1
>  	amoadd.w a3, a2, (a3)
>  	bnez a3, .Lsecondary_start
> -
>  #else
>  	/* hart_lottery in flash contains a magic number */
>  	la a3, hart_lottery
> @@ -270,17 +282,43 @@ pmp_done:
>  	amoswap.w t0, t1, (a2)
>  	/* first time here if hart_lottery in RAM is not set */
>  	beq t0, t1, .Lsecondary_start
> -
> -	la sp, _end + THREAD_SIZE
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET sp
> +	/*
> +	 * Copy the kernel text and data to memory: the virtual mapping will be
> +	 * established from there, and then we will jump back to using flash
> +	 * resident text. This avoids to fixup global symbols when the code
> +	 * is executed from flash and targets data in memory before the MMU is
> +	 * enabled.
> +	 * We must preserve a0, a1 and we have no stack yet (__memcpy does not
> +	 * spill anything).
> +	 */
>  	mv s0, a0
> -	call __copy_data
> +	mv s1, a1
> +
> +	li a0, CONFIG_PHYS_RAM_BASE
> +	la a1, _xiprom
> +	la a2, _exiprom
> +	sub a2, a2, a1
> +	add a2, a2, 1
> +	call __memcpy
> +
> +	li a0, CONFIG_PHYS_RAM_BASE + XIP_OFFSET
> +	la a1, _sdata
> +	la a2, _end
> +	sub a2, a2, a1
> +	add a2, a2, 1
> +	call __memcpy
> +
> +	fence.i
>  
> -	/* Restore a0 copy */
>  	mv a0, s0
> -#endif
> +	mv a1, s1
>  
> -#ifndef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> +	/*
> +	 * From here, the code will be executed from memory and we'll jump back
> +	 * to flash once the MMU is enabled.
> +	 */
> +	XIP_JUMP_TO_MEM
> +#endif
>  	/* Clear BSS for flat non-ELF images */
>  	la a3, __bss_start
>  	la a4, __bss_stop
> @@ -290,27 +328,24 @@ clear_bss:
>  	add a3, a3, RISCV_SZPTR
>  	blt a3, a4, clear_bss
>  clear_bss_done:
> -#endif
>  	/* Save hart ID and DTB physical address */
>  	mv s0, a0
>  	mv s1, a1
>  
>  	la a2, boot_cpu_hartid
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET a2
>  	REG_S a0, (a2)
>  
>  	/* Initialize page tables and relocate to virtual addresses */
>  	la sp, init_thread_union + THREAD_SIZE
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET sp
>  #ifdef CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB
>  	la a0, __dtb_start
> +	MEM_FIXUP_OFFSET a0
>  #else
>  	mv a0, s1
>  #endif /* CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB */
>  	call setup_vm
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
>  	la a0, early_pg_dir
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET a0
>  	call relocate
>  #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
>  
> @@ -329,15 +364,19 @@ clear_bss_done:
>  
>  .Lsecondary_start:
>  #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
> +	/*
> +	 * From here, XIP kernel will be executed from memory and we'll jump back
> +	 * to flash once the MMU is enabled.
> +	 */
> +	XIP_JUMP_TO_MEM
> +
>  	/* Set trap vector to spin forever to help debug */
>  	la a3, .Lsecondary_park
>  	csrw CSR_TVEC, a3
>  
>  	slli a3, a0, LGREG
>  	la a1, __cpu_up_stack_pointer
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET a1
>  	la a2, __cpu_up_task_pointer
> -	XIP_FIXUP_OFFSET a2
>  	add a1, a3, a1
>  	add a2, a3, a2
>  
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
> index 8b7f1c791821..8b7958b30a05 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/setup.c
> @@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ void __init setup_arch(char **cmdline_p)
>  #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB)
>  	unflatten_and_copy_device_tree();
>  #else
> -	if (early_init_dt_verify(__va(XIP_FIXUP(dtb_early_pa))))
> +	if (early_init_dt_verify(__va(dtb_early_pa)))
>  		unflatten_device_tree();
>  	else
>  		pr_err("No DTB found in kernel mappings\n");
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> index 3d77b04bec54..a70cdd77b2be 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> @@ -33,7 +33,6 @@
>  unsigned long kernel_virt_addr = KERNEL_LINK_ADDR;
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(kernel_virt_addr);
>  #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> -#define kernel_virt_addr       (*((unsigned long *)XIP_FIXUP(&kernel_virt_addr)))
>  extern char _xiprom[], _exiprom[];
>  #endif
>  
> @@ -43,8 +42,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(empty_zero_page);
>  
>  extern char _start[];
>  #define DTB_EARLY_BASE_VA      PGDIR_SIZE
> -void *_dtb_early_va __initdata;
> -uintptr_t _dtb_early_pa __initdata;
> +void *dtb_early_va __initdata;
> +uintptr_t dtb_early_pa __initdata;
>  
>  struct pt_alloc_ops {
>  	pte_t *(*get_pte_virt)(phys_addr_t pa);
> @@ -203,33 +202,18 @@ static void __init setup_bootmem(void)
>  }
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> -static struct pt_alloc_ops _pt_ops __initdata;
> -
> -#ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> -#define pt_ops (*(struct pt_alloc_ops *)XIP_FIXUP(&_pt_ops))
> -#else
> -#define pt_ops _pt_ops
> -#endif
> +static struct pt_alloc_ops pt_ops __initdata;
>  
>  /* Offset between linear mapping virtual address and kernel load address */
>  unsigned long va_pa_offset __ro_after_init;
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(va_pa_offset);
> -#ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> -#define va_pa_offset   (*((unsigned long *)XIP_FIXUP(&va_pa_offset)))
> -#endif
>  /* Offset between kernel mapping virtual address and kernel load address */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
>  unsigned long va_kernel_pa_offset __ro_after_init;
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(va_kernel_pa_offset);
>  #endif
> -#ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> -#define va_kernel_pa_offset    (*((unsigned long *)XIP_FIXUP(&va_kernel_pa_offset)))
> -#endif
>  unsigned long va_kernel_xip_pa_offset __ro_after_init;
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(va_kernel_xip_pa_offset);
> -#ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> -#define va_kernel_xip_pa_offset        (*((unsigned long *)XIP_FIXUP(&va_kernel_xip_pa_offset)))
> -#endif
>  unsigned long pfn_base __ro_after_init;
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(pfn_base);
>  
> @@ -239,12 +223,6 @@ static pte_t fixmap_pte[PTRS_PER_PTE] __page_aligned_bss;
>  
>  pgd_t early_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __initdata __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> -#define trampoline_pg_dir      ((pgd_t *)XIP_FIXUP(trampoline_pg_dir))
> -#define fixmap_pte             ((pte_t *)XIP_FIXUP(fixmap_pte))
> -#define early_pg_dir           ((pgd_t *)XIP_FIXUP(early_pg_dir))
> -#endif /* CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL */
> -
>  void __set_fixmap(enum fixed_addresses idx, phys_addr_t phys, pgprot_t prot)
>  {
>  	unsigned long addr = __fix_to_virt(idx);
> @@ -320,12 +298,6 @@ static pmd_t fixmap_pmd[PTRS_PER_PMD] __page_aligned_bss;
>  static pmd_t early_pmd[PTRS_PER_PMD] __initdata __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
>  static pmd_t early_dtb_pmd[PTRS_PER_PMD] __initdata __aligned(PAGE_SIZE);
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> -#define trampoline_pmd ((pmd_t *)XIP_FIXUP(trampoline_pmd))
> -#define fixmap_pmd     ((pmd_t *)XIP_FIXUP(fixmap_pmd))
> -#define early_pmd      ((pmd_t *)XIP_FIXUP(early_pmd))
> -#endif /* CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL */
> -
>  static pmd_t *__init get_pmd_virt_early(phys_addr_t pa)
>  {
>  	/* Before MMU is enabled */
> @@ -442,19 +414,6 @@ static uintptr_t __init best_map_size(phys_addr_t base, phys_addr_t size)
>  	return PMD_SIZE;
>  }
>  
> -#ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> -/* called from head.S with MMU off */
> -asmlinkage void __init __copy_data(void)
> -{
> -	void *from = (void *)(&_sdata);
> -	void *end = (void *)(&_end);
> -	void *to = (void *)CONFIG_PHYS_RAM_BASE;
> -	size_t sz = (size_t)(end - from + 1);
> -
> -	memcpy(to, from, sz);
> -}
> -#endif
> -
>  #ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
>  static __init pgprot_t pgprot_from_va(uintptr_t va)
>  {
> @@ -511,16 +470,10 @@ static __init pgprot_t pgprot_from_va(uintptr_t va)
>  
>  static uintptr_t load_pa __initdata;
>  uintptr_t load_sz;
> -#ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> -#define load_pa        (*((uintptr_t *)XIP_FIXUP(&load_pa)))
> -#define load_sz        (*((uintptr_t *)XIP_FIXUP(&load_sz)))
> -#endif
>  
>  #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
>  static uintptr_t xiprom __initdata;
>  static uintptr_t xiprom_sz __initdata;
> -#define xiprom_sz      (*((uintptr_t *)XIP_FIXUP(&xiprom_sz)))
> -#define xiprom         (*((uintptr_t *)XIP_FIXUP(&xiprom)))
>  
>  static void __init create_kernel_page_table(pgd_t *pgdir, uintptr_t map_size,
>  					    __always_unused bool early)
> @@ -538,7 +491,7 @@ static void __init create_kernel_page_table(pgd_t *pgdir, uintptr_t map_size,
>  	end_va = kernel_virt_addr + XIP_OFFSET + load_sz;
>  	for (va = kernel_virt_addr + XIP_OFFSET; va < end_va; va += map_size)
>  		create_pgd_mapping(pgdir, va,
> -				   load_pa + (va - (kernel_virt_addr + XIP_OFFSET)),
> +				   load_pa + (va - kernel_virt_addr),
>  				   map_size, PAGE_KERNEL);
>  }
>  #else
> @@ -648,7 +601,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init setup_vm(uintptr_t dtb_pa)
>  	 * whereas dtb_early_va will be used before setup_vm_final installs
>  	 * the linear mapping.
>  	 */
> -	dtb_early_va = kernel_mapping_pa_to_va(XIP_FIXUP(dtb_pa));
> +	dtb_early_va = kernel_mapping_pa_to_va(dtb_pa);
>  #else
>  	dtb_early_va = __va(dtb_pa);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */
> @@ -664,7 +617,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init setup_vm(uintptr_t dtb_pa)
>  	dtb_early_va = (void *)DTB_EARLY_BASE_VA + (dtb_pa & (PGDIR_SIZE - 1));
>  #else /* CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB */
>  #ifdef CONFIG_64BIT
> -	dtb_early_va = kernel_mapping_pa_to_va(XIP_FIXUP(dtb_pa));
> +	dtb_early_va = kernel_mapping_pa_to_va(dtb_pa);
>  #else
>  	dtb_early_va = __va(dtb_pa);
>  #endif /* CONFIG_64BIT */


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