Re: [PATCH v5 1/2] riscv: Get rid of riscv_pfn_base variable

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On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 12:40 PM Andrew Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 09:12:13AM +0100, Alexandre Ghiti wrote:
> > Use directly phys_ram_base instead, riscv_pfn_base is just the pfn of
> > the address contained in phys_ram_base.
> >
> > Even if there is no functional change intended in this patch, actually
> > setting phys_ram_base that early changes the behaviour of
> > kernel_mapping_pa_to_va during the early boot: phys_ram_base used to be
> > zero before this patch and now it is set to the physical start address of
> > the kernel. But it does not break the conversion of a kernel physical
> > address into a virtual address since kernel_mapping_pa_to_va should only
> > be used on kernel physical addresses, i.e. addresses greater than the
> > physical start address of the kernel.
>
> afaict, only CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL kernels use phys_ram_base prior to
> setup_bootmem() and, for them, this change only redundantly sets
> phys_ram_base to the same thing, so I believe this is a no functional
> change patch.
>

Good, thanks for checking again

> >
> > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Ghiti <alexghiti@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h | 3 +--
> >  arch/riscv/mm/init.c          | 6 +-----
> >  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
> > index 9f432c1b5289..728eee53152a 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/page.h
> > @@ -91,8 +91,7 @@ typedef struct page *pgtable_t;
> >  #endif
> >
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> > -extern unsigned long riscv_pfn_base;
> > -#define ARCH_PFN_OFFSET              (riscv_pfn_base)
> > +#define ARCH_PFN_OFFSET              (PFN_DOWN(phys_ram_base))
> >  #else
> >  #define ARCH_PFN_OFFSET              (PAGE_OFFSET >> PAGE_SHIFT)
> >  #endif /* CONFIG_MMU */
> > diff --git a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> > index 478d6763a01a..225a7d2b65cc 100644
> > --- a/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> > +++ b/arch/riscv/mm/init.c
> > @@ -271,9 +271,6 @@ static void __init setup_bootmem(void)
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_MMU
> >  struct pt_alloc_ops pt_ops __initdata;
> >
> > -unsigned long riscv_pfn_base __ro_after_init;
> > -EXPORT_SYMBOL(riscv_pfn_base);
> > -
> >  pgd_t swapper_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __page_aligned_bss;
> >  pgd_t trampoline_pg_dir[PTRS_PER_PGD] __page_aligned_bss;
> >  static pte_t fixmap_pte[PTRS_PER_PTE] __page_aligned_bss;
> > @@ -285,7 +282,6 @@ static pmd_t __maybe_unused early_dtb_pmd[PTRS_PER_PMD] __initdata __aligned(PAG
> >
> >  #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL
> >  #define pt_ops                       (*(struct pt_alloc_ops *)XIP_FIXUP(&pt_ops))
> > -#define riscv_pfn_base         (*(unsigned long  *)XIP_FIXUP(&riscv_pfn_base))
> >  #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))
> > @@ -985,7 +981,7 @@ asmlinkage void __init setup_vm(uintptr_t dtb_pa)
> >       kernel_map.va_pa_offset = PAGE_OFFSET - kernel_map.phys_addr;
> >       kernel_map.va_kernel_pa_offset = kernel_map.virt_addr - kernel_map.phys_addr;
> >
> > -     riscv_pfn_base = PFN_DOWN(kernel_map.phys_addr);
> > +     phys_ram_base = kernel_map.phys_addr;
>
> nit: I'd put this in the #else part of the #ifdef CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL above
> to have some consistency with that #ifdef arm and also avoid the redundant
> assignment of phys_ram_base for CONFIG_XIP_KERNEL.

True, but as this is removed in the next patch, I guess we can live with that.

>
> >
> >       /*
> >        * The default maximal physical memory size is KERN_VIRT_SIZE for 32-bit
> > --
> > 2.37.2
> >
>
> Otherwise,
>
> Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks!

Alex

>
> Thanks,
> drew



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