linux-kernel - Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] arm64: dts: mediatek: mt8195-demo: fix the memory size of node secmon

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Message-ID: <70108911-4934-170f-8e66-ed2ff7d63be5@collabora.com>
Date:   Mon, 14 Nov 2022 12:52:33 +0100
From:   AngeloGioacchino Del Regno 
        <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>
To:     Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@...iatek.com>,
        Rob Herring <robh+dt@...nel.org>,
        Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzysztof.kozlowski+dt@...aro.org>,
        Matthias Brugger <matthias.bgg@...il.com>,
        Fabien Parent <fparent@...libre.com>,
        devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-mediatek@...ts.infradead.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Miles Chen <miles.chen@...iatek.com>,
        Bear Wang <bear.wang@...iatek.com>,
        Pablo Sun <pablo.sun@...iatek.com>,
        Mediatek WSD Upstream <wsd_upstream@...iatek.com>,
        Macpaul Lin <macpaul@...il.com>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RESEND PATCH v2] arm64: dts: mediatek: mt8195-demo: fix the
 memory size of node secmon

Il 11/11/22 10:55, Macpaul Lin ha scritto:
> The size of device tree node secmon (bl31_secmon_reserved) was
> incorrect. It should be increased to 2MiB (0x200000).
> 
> The origin setting will cause some abnormal behavior due to
> trusted-firmware-a and related firmware didn't load correctly.
> The incorrect behavior may vary because of different software stacks.
> For example, it will cause build error in some Yocto project because
> it will check if there was enough memory to load trusted-firmware-a
> to the reserved memory.
> 
> When mt8195-demo.dts sent to the upstream, at that time the size of
> BL31 was small. Because supported functions and modules in BL31 are
> basic sets when the board was under early development stage.
> 
> Now BL31 includes more firmwares of coprocessors and maturer functions
> so the size has grown bigger in real applications. According to the value
> reported by customers, we think reserved 2MiB for BL31 might be enough
> for maybe the following 2 or 3 years.
> 
> Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org      # v5.19
> Fixes: 6147314aeedc ("arm64: dts: mediatek: Add device-tree for MT8195 Demo board")
> Signed-off-by: Macpaul Lin <macpaul.lin@...iatek.com>
> Reviewed-by: Miles Chen <miles.chen@...iatek.com>

Reviewed-by: AngeloGioacchino Del Regno <angelogioacchino.delregno@...labora.com>